A colleague of mine asked me to give his history class some idea how FDR could be elected four times, he didn’t know, being Canadian. The kids had heard from this Libertarian teacher the outrageous things FDR had done (government overreach, you know) and they hung on his every word. My parents, married in 1934, and everyone they knew lov…
A colleague of mine asked me to give his history class some idea how FDR could be elected four times, he didn’t know, being Canadian. The kids had heard from this Libertarian teacher the outrageous things FDR had done (government overreach, you know) and they hung on his every word. My parents, married in 1934, and everyone they knew loved FDR because most people were suffering and he did something about it. The kids were not impressed. Then I told them about radio, how people would gather around the radio for news and entertainment. The most popular performer on radio was a comedian, Bob Hope. But FDR could draw a bigger audience with his fireside chats. People were hungry to hear their president speak to them.
A colleague of mine asked me to give his history class some idea how FDR could be elected four times, he didn’t know, being Canadian. The kids had heard from this Libertarian teacher the outrageous things FDR had done (government overreach, you know) and they hung on his every word. My parents, married in 1934, and everyone they knew loved FDR because most people were suffering and he did something about it. The kids were not impressed. Then I told them about radio, how people would gather around the radio for news and entertainment. The most popular performer on radio was a comedian, Bob Hope. But FDR could draw a bigger audience with his fireside chats. People were hungry to hear their president speak to them.