# FDR vs. Obama **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [July 14, 2012, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fdr-vs-obama/628233 "2012-07-14T18:27:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fdr-vs-obama/628233/1 "2012-07-14T18:27:48Z")
Inspired by the matchup threads. If Franklin D Roosevelt was running against Barack H Obama II, who would you vote for? ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fdr-vs-obama/628233/2 "2012-07-14T18:28:32Z")
In a Democratic primary? ---
**Author:** ![Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f04885/32.png) [@Qin\_Shi\_Huangdi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qin_Shi_Huangdi)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fdr-vs-obama/628233/3 "2012-07-14T18:29:42Z")
> [@Gagundathar](#): > > In a Democratic primary? In a general election (presumably) like the other threads. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fdr-vs-obama/628233/4 "2012-07-14T18:33:00Z")
Darn, I was hoping the hypo was a cage match. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fdr-vs-obama/628233/5 "2012-07-14T18:33:51Z")
> [@Gagundathar](#): > > In a Democratic primary? Footrace. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fdr-vs-obama/628233/6 "2012-07-14T18:36:22Z")
Now or the 1930s? ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fdr-vs-obama/628233/7 "2012-07-14T18:43:39Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > Darn, I was hoping the hypo was a cage match. Does FDR get the wheelchair he was using for [this historical photo.](http://inthemouthofdorkness.blogspot.com/2012/06/poster-trailer-fdr-american-badass.html) Cause that might influence the outcome slightly. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fdr-vs-obama/628233/8 "2012-07-14T19:05:22Z")
FDR, I’m afraid. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fdr-vs-obama/628233/9 "2012-07-14T19:37:51Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > Darn, I was hoping the hypo was a cage match. If FDR outfits his wheelchair like on nightmare on elm street 3 then you have a match. I don’t know why anyone would pick Obama over FDR. Obama is the first black president and all, but he has no qualifications over FDR that I can see. Then again FDR had a better congress to work with. But evenso, FDR seems like he would get more done and take more risks. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fdr-vs-obama/628233/10 "2012-07-14T20:32:12Z")
**Wesley** -I absolutely agree FDR was more willing to spend political capitol. Does anyone feel we’ve evolved as a nation to elect a disabled POTUS? ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fdr-vs-obama/628233/11 "2012-07-14T20:38:58Z")
Although they are both great men worthy of national holidays, I chose FDR. He was more willing to kick some GOP ass. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2012, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fdr-vs-obama/628233/12 "2012-07-14T20:58:25Z")
FDR if we have the 22nd Amendment in place. I’m sure he was 3+ terms good, but it should be a hard rule ---
**Author:** ![GreasyJack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df705f/32.png) [@GreasyJack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreasyJack)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2012, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fdr-vs-obama/628233/13 "2012-07-15T03:15:13Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Although they are both great men worthy of national holidays, I chose FDR. He was more willing to kick some GOP ass. I’m sure if all Obama had to contend with was the shell of a party that was the 1930’s GOP, he could get a heck of a lot more done. He might have had some problems with the southern wing of the Democratic Party, though.