FDRs polio was a SECRET

[ginscpy]

even looking at newsreels

standing up and looking perfectly healthy over 4 terms

 

[ginscpy]

FDR did so many impeachable stuff - hard to begin

stacked the Supeme Court

put American citizens in concentration camps without due process

hid his polioi from the American public for 4 terms

 

[ginscpy]

FDR lucked -out

Was handed the Great Depresssion/ WW2

Gave him a "legacy"

 

[ginscpy]

"Lucked Into " histotic times

 

[CT9]

This is new to you?

 

[ginscpy]

If he hadnt died- woukd have gone on to a 5 th term

 

[editec]

Everybody knew it.

FDR understood that being crippled was one thing.

But that LOOKING crippled was entirely another.

 

[ginscpy]

Everybody knew it.

FDR understood that being crippled was one thing.

But that LOOKING crippled was entirely another.

WTF are you talking about???????????//

Thevast majority ofthe American public didn't know about FDRs polio until years after his death.

 

[Lakhota]

Same ole ginscpy spam bullshit. I remember it well from previous boards.

 

[editec]

Everybody knew it.

FDR understood that being crippled was one thing.

But that LOOKING crippled was entirely another.

WTF are you talking about???????????//

Thevast majority ofthe American public didn't know about FDRs polio until years after his death.

Out of sight out of mind.

 

[Inthemiddle]

Why does it matter that a President kept his personal, private medical concerns a private matter? Are you also concerned with whether George W. Bush had anal sex with his wife? It's none of your damned business. FDR was sick. So what? Appraise the man for his performance, not his health.

 

[Lakhota]

My understanding is that FDR's polio was not kept secret - just mostly kept from public view. However, there apparently was another deadly secret...

Book Review: FDR's Deadly Secret - WSJ.com

 

[waltky]

It was an open secret...

... it was reported in newspapers at the time...

... but nobody made a big deal of it.

 

[Lakhota]

The pen of the scholar is mightier than the blood of the martyr - Muslim proverb

That must have been Herman Cain's motto during the civil rights movement.