# FDR column:  Is Slug just phoning it in now?

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**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [August 20, 2016, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fdr-column-is-slug-just-phoning-it-in-now/763394 "2016-08-20T09:14:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2016, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fdr-column-is-slug-just-phoning-it-in-now/763394/15 "2016-08-21T02:03:23Z")

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From the other thread:

> [@Did Americans Know That FDR Couldn't Walk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-americans-know-that-fdr-couldnt-walk/763288/13):
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> I was thinking Woodrow Wilson.
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> [http://i.emlfiles1.com/cmpimg/5/9/3/8/1/1/files/735924\_dope\_160812\_fdr\_mailing1.gif](http://i.emlfiles1.com/cmpimg/5/9/3/8/1/1/files/735924_dope_160812_fdr_mailing1.gif)

It looks like his drawing isn’t sized correctly to fit on the column page. There it should be scaled equally in width and height, but for some reason it’s just been squashed, then truncated on the right.

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