President Reagan’s Remarks at the FDR 100th Birthday Anniversary on January 28, 1982

Full Title: President Reagan’s Remarks at the Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) 100th Birthday Anniversary Luncheon at the American History Museum on January 28, 1982
Creator(s): President (1981-1989 : Reagan). White House Television Office. 1/20/1981-1/20/1989 (Most Recent)
Series: Video Recordings, 1/20/1981 - 1/20/1989
Collection: Records of the White House Television Office (WHTV) (Reagan Administration), 1/20/1981 - 1/20/1989
Transcript: www.reaganlibrary.gov/researc...
Production Date: 1/28/1982
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Use Restriction(s):Unrestricted
Contact(s): Ronald Reagan Library (LP-RR), 40 Presidential Drive, Simi Valley, CA 93065-0600
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National Archives Identifier:66383674
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[@Borzoi86]

Both Reagan and FDR are on my studied list of our five best presidents. (My other three: Washington, Polk and Coolidge.)

[@edwardpate6128]

A great president honoring another great one.

[@BigWilt2000]

Facts

[@thejquinn]

What made Reagan great? He created the failed drug war, created one of the most ineffective tax policies ever, made stock buybacks legal again. Dude was a disaster

[@cya5983]

Aww that’s so sweet, and in his memory Reagan made sure to do everything in his power to undue everything FDR accomplished.

[@oguzsaltik]

Precisely. Reagan was the poster boy for the business class and his entire administration worked tirelessly to dismantle FDR's legacy. This toast is disingenuous at best, devious at worst.

[@FervAnimalLover]

@@oguzsaltik LOL! several of Roosevelt's sons including liberal James Roosevelt supported Reagan in 1980 and 1984. It's ridiculous to view the times of the late 70s and 80s through the prism of old school liberalism in the 1930s and 1940s.

[@RJN8580]

@@oguzsaltik HAHA 😆; you do know Reagan was a FDR/Truman Democrat right? So you’re bringing in the prisms of the 1930s-1950s to the modern times of 1980s? Well if that’s the case maybe you need to realize that a Democrat was the first to dismantle some of FDR policies; his name was John F Kennedy.

[@pokemon9573]

​@@oguzsaltik Basically, but unfortunately it did not start with Reagan. Roosevelt's policies were being eroded by former presidents in between, and I think Lyndon B Johnson was truly the only one to advocate near similar policies to Roosevelt while the others chipped them away. We had been stuck in a mainstream debate whether laissez-faire capitalism or slightly regulated capitalism is better in the United States, and while there have been exceptions its miniscule compared to our current push to social liberalism and down the road social democracy. The thing that made Roosevelt an appealable character was his emphasis on pragmatism and not necessarily on an economic-oriented ideology ("Capitalism v Socialism v Communism v anything else"). I think this is where we, Democrats, fall short today, since most Americans have been programmed into thinking "regulation = communism = bad" and the Democrats have done an awful job at explaining how their approaches would ensure that the country succeeds and remains a capitalist society (assuming the furthest approach we go to is social democracy - Nordic model). I get that legislation today is more complicated today, but there's almost a lack of care among the leadership who don't even campaign on the issues they're fighting for. If blue-collar Democrats could switch to Republican based of some faux populist speeches by Trump, imagine how much better we would probably fare with someone who represents and enacts these populist ideas we, the majority, want. Instead, we have corporate sellouts in the seats of the Senate arguing that any form of change is impossible because our previous presidents have failed, and therefore we should follow their path.

[@oguzsaltik]

@@pokemon9573 Good analysis. Democrats certainly have a messaging issue. The Great Society of LBJ reduced inter-urban crime and poverty significantly. The ever-increasing income and wealth inequality, shrinking middle class, and unfettered capitalism will lead us towards a bloodly revolution.

[@ODG7056]

This man was just great and so was fdr

[@BigWilt2000]

Really? People always say FDR was a bad president. He’s known for running four terms that’s it. Nothing really about his presidency

[@thejquinn]

FDR>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Reagan

[@sawhan7714]

Thank you(USA )familys.(saw)

[@sawhan7714]

Kindness flowers is die(nurse)

[@KingZorLink21]

I believe Bill Clinton is the modern day FDR when it comes to approval ratings after leaving office

[@kroosgiro]

Bill Clinton is nothing like FDR because he changed nothing. FDR led us through a war that could have literally ended the world as we know it if the Nazis developed nuclear weapons first and he led to a total realignment of American politics that lasted for over 60 years.

[@KingZorLink21]

@@kroosgiro I was talking about in terms of approval rating

[@BigWilt2000]

Correct

[@geralddarezzo886]

Slouphed over the word Republican....the only thing we had to fear was Reagan leaving his true party instead of demonstrating true leadership by leading it.