Wednesday, December 17, 2014
On Hitler, FDR, Jesse Owens, And the 1936 Olympics
"Hitler didn't snub me. It was FDR who snubbed me. The President didn't even send me a telegram." This, from Mr. Owens himself...................................................................................P.S. Of course, this isn't surprising in that Roosevelt wouldn't even support anti-lynching legislation during his Presidency (the fact that he didn't want to alienate the Southern racists who supported his statist, anti-business ideology).
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FDR was pissed off because Owens could run faster them him.
So, would you say FDR was a latent racist?
Russ, I did hear that FDR wanted to challenge him in a wheelchair racing contest but that their schedules never lined up.
Les, I don't think that FDR was so much a racist as he was person determined to get his way and by any means possible. He was Machiavellian, in other words.
The end justifies the means sort of guy eh?
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