I have been watching The Roosevelts http://video.pbs.org/program/roosevelts/ on PBS. It is showing twice each night as it airs on KTTZ http://kttz.org/.
It is interesting to me that this is a mix of personal stories and political stories. There was a lot of personal tragedy in their lives. There is a lot of potential personal scandal in their lives. By today's standards, some enterprising reporter would ferret it out, and paint it in the worst possible light, even if it was not scandalous. And because it would be painted scandalous, it would take on a life of its own, no matter what the truth was.
The Roosevelts were remarkable people. Because they withstood hardship and tragedy. Because they understood service to their country. Eleanor and Franklin seemed to really understand democracy. Eleanor really championed "the little people," the minorities, the underprivileged.
I think Franklin was right when he said if he failed, he would be the last President of the United States. I am so glad he succeeded, even if it took a world war to help him.
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