FDR Exploits War for Political
Gain
History shows that Franklin Delano Roosevelt was far
more aggressive in using ( or
exploiting as some would say ) World War 2 as a Presidential campaign issue as
President Bush has been in using the current war on Terrorism ( or World War 3
as I call I it ). Not only did Roosevelt
use posters using the Uncle Sam Wants You Military recruitment theme, and campaign buttons with slogans such
as: V for Victory, Together we
will win this War and I Remember
Pearl Harbor , he also gave fiery
campaign speeches at the very sight where the Japanese ( or Japs as he
called them ) attacked America at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on December 7th
1941. In addition, instead of appearing at the Democratic
Convention in 1944 accept his parties nomination for President , FDR instead choose to do so from a Naval base
in San Diego, CA through a 
speech carried on radio. For the record, I think it
was right for FDR to run for President on his war record just as it is right
for President Bush to do the same. No
issue is more relevant to our lives, and for those of future generations.
It seems clear to me that todays Democrats are only
upset that President Bush plans to run his campaign on the most serious and
important issue of our time
( the War on Terrorism ) because he can, and they cannot.
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