I am a grad student doing a research paper, and I wanted some fresh aspects for my paper...I am running out of creativity. :)
Thank you all!
2007-09-16 12:13:02 · 19 answers · asked by jrhod263 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
OK...now I can't used polarized opinions in my paper. I need comparisons such as both presidents took a state centered government and created for power for the national government. FDR needed more power to implement the programs, just as Bush with the Patriot Act.
2007-09-16 12:22:27 · update #1
Sorry..the above is full of typos. I mean the governmental powers rested more with states. After FDR, the power was more at the national level
2007-09-16 12:25:19 · update #2
Absolutely they have a common bond: both occupied public housing at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
That's pretty much where the comparison ends.
Oh, wait - FDR wasn't born-again-stupid.
2007-09-16 12:16:46 · answer #1 · answered by Stuart 7 · 7⤊ 3⤋
Sorry, there isn't a President in history that can compare with Bush Jr.
And for the sake of this country, I hope there will never be another one like him.
But no, FDR cannot be compared to this one.
2007-09-16 19:21:39 · answer #2 · answered by midnight&moonlight'smom 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
FDR's administration is a reverse blueprint for Bush's. For one thing Roosevelt surrounded himself with the best minds, the Whiz Kids. Bush picked incompetent cronies and yes men for advisers. For another FDR won a huge war by marshalling all the resources of the country and the people into the war effort. Bush did the opposite. FDR said we have nothing to fear but fear itself. Bush, by contrast, has played upon people's fears in order to grab more power for himself.
2007-09-16 19:22:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
gabriella,that is absolutely amazing. I've read you on this before but not in such detail.
I agree with cassor about the dilemma he refers to. In the case gabriela describes we see how FDR's cabinet and he used their powers supposedly for the greater good and trampled all over American lives! Are we aware that this kind of thing can happen to us and that the executive branch wields this kind of control over our lives and destinies? I think most of us live in oblivion.
2007-09-17 03:20:42 · answer #4 · answered by josefina f 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
can't so much talk about similarities - but this is the biggest thought in my mind... a majority of the US pop didn't want to get involved, as it wasn't our battle... we had clues that Pearl Harbor would happen, but doing something prior would've been 'frowned' upon. like i said, it wasn't our war.... let 'em duke it out amongst themselves - who would want to risk his popularity and go against that? it looks a lot more valliant to have the cavalry come in, pistols a-poppin & save the day (insert 'sound the charge' music here).
i guess this does sound a bit 'polarized', but it's how i feel... and feel free to thumb me down, libs - Lord knows, opinions should be regulated too.
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you must admit, it sounds similar to whats going on today - anti-war Americans want us out (nothing wrong with that, not meant to be a negative), but other groups are begging us to stay and/or begging us to help. had FDR been able to go in, may have prevented the Pearl Harbor atrocity.
2007-09-16 20:02:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. History will NEVER prove Bush a good president. In fact, he will go down as a bigger failure then he is considered now. He will finish his term not catching the mastermind behind 9/11 because he decided to go to Iraq for personal reasons. He made the world a much more dangerous place and strengthened our enemies in ways even they probably couldn't find imaginable.
2007-09-16 20:00:36 · answer #6 · answered by trumph 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
FDR and his administration had similar executive power/ ethical issues about how to keep U.S. interest and its citizens safe during WWII.
The most glaring difference between FDR and Bush is the definition of War. The U.S. was officially/ legitimately (as outlined in the Constitution) at war against the Germans & Japanese.
Then & today, what is fascinating (and just as deeply troubling) to me is the american citizens', judicial & legislative branch's reaction (or lack thereof) to the executive branch's interpretation of the Constitution in regards of how far it could go in the name of national interest.
2007-09-16 19:20:04 · answer #7 · answered by Cassor 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No. We hate FDR! President Bush is more like Herbert Hoover and Richard Nixon mash up.
2007-09-16 19:24:21 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Anything can be compared with something else. It could be about differences and similarities. FDR and Bush are nothing alike...so you must be looking for differences. FDR put Americans to work...Bush help with policy that put people into unemployment.
2007-09-16 19:18:46 · answer #9 · answered by suigeneris-impetus 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
wait about 2 months and both would have a depression. but FDR inherited his, Bush fiscal policy will ensure his.
2007-09-16 19:31:06 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋