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I don't know man, Reagan and FDR were political polar opposites, you'll have to explain that one further.
I am trying to find the Time Magazine article I read this in, but when the Republicans had a movement for replacing FDR with Reagan on the dime, Nancy Reagan pointed out that FDR was Reagan's political hero. This notion that you have to agree with all the policies of a president to recognize that they were a great president is a new one and reflects the extreme partisanship today. Reagan, like most anyone 20 years ago, and like the majority of historians, recognized FDR as one our greatest presidents if not our greatest president. That doesn't mean they agree with everything FDR did, but they recognize that had it not been for FDR, we may have not survived as a nation.
I don't agree with everything Reagan did, but its obvious that history will judge him as being a great president.
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