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Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social |
It’s a very obscure question but I did some research and it turns out that the president who led us out of the Depression and kicked Hitler’s ass was actually in a wheelchair? Who knew?
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soundgood2
@soundgood2.bsky.social
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I hear there is a Republican governor in some big southern state that uses a wheelchair, but I might be mistaken...
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Vir2ualVibes
@vir2ualvibes.bsky.social
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Nice sarcasm, Kevin.
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Dave's not here, man!
@davewithturbos.bsky.social
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Fake news! Not a single MAGA-approved book will ever lead them to that kind of information. There's NO way we could have ever had a president that couldn't walk, wheelchairs and walkers weren't invented until after the Internet (because nothing existed before the Internet).
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Daniel Roberts
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JFK needed a back brace to stay upright and his Addison’s was way worse than anyone knew. But for Lee Oswald, he could have been at least partially disabled by the end of his second term.
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Traveller In Black
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The Republicans all hate him because he dared to use the government to help all people, not just the privileged. (Yes, he made a lot of mistakes, No, he didn't help everybody. But he did help a lot...)
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Sleestak
@sleestak.bsky.social
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j f CHRIST.
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David C B
@tzed250.bsky.social
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TommyBenBergman
@tbapple.bsky.social
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Wait, I know this one…Teddy Roosevelt’s cousin.
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Jewel O'Wisdom 🇨🇦
@jewelowisdom.bsky.social
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I knew.
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Bernard Leclair
@bernardleclair.bsky.social
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He also started "the march of dime" Collecting lose change to fight polio in little boxes near the cash register in a lot of stores.
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Tanzpunk the Heretic, destroyer of norms
@tanzpunk.bsky.social
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Biden, please do the "I welcome their hatred" speech.
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Nobody Ever
@frambley1.bsky.social
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By chance, did said president serve a high number of terms?
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Angel of Squalor
@macaveli.bsky.social
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Big if true.
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@leonceg.bsky.social
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I had assumed it was similar with Biden - that he had physical mobility issues (stiffness, etc. that precipitated the "biden old" narrative) but that the issues were purely physical, not cognitive. The debate changed that.
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Bel Tamtu
@beltamtu.bsky.social
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I don't know how sarcastic or genuine anyone is being but I'm Canadian and I knew about Roosevelt having polio and being in a wheelchair. But this might be because I started learning trans & disability activism & intersectional feminism on my own time some 15-20 years ago.
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Lee Rowan
@leerowan.bsky.social
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FDR kicked Hitler's ass. They do NOT want anyone thinking about that.
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Emerence
@damemyniah.bsky.social
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It was deliberately hidden at the time
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Jerry Boyle
@jecboyle.bsky.social
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FDR did a lot to conceal his disability. Ableism was really fierce at the time, and he wanted to project vigor. It was heroic, and clever. Aides would carry a standing FDR to a podium, holding him up by his powerful arms. And then he’d use those arms to stay up while he spoke.
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Moderately Grouchy
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If you can't speak in well enunciated sentences that you make up in your own head on the spot, you shouldn't be president. I don't know why this is so hard to accept OR FERVENTLY DESIRE. We talk about Republicans racing for the bottom but this is being at the bottom already and circling the wagons.
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Moderately Grouchy
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He was from that time before prompters so there is zero comparison
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Dog Mom Dale
@daleleeack.bsky.social
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OMG..how do.people NOT know this!?
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Dog Mom Dale
@daleleeack.bsky.social
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😏😏😏
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Ghost Bear ☮
@ghostbear077.bsky.social
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Yes, FDR. Paralyzed by polio. Usually was in a wheelchair, but his administration played it down a lot by making him appear as if he was standing.
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lydy
@foo7.bsky.social
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And dressed as a woman
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Marty E.
@martye.bsky.social
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Dean of Underwater Fire Safety
@stablegenius.bsky.social
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🤔
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Karmageddon
@karmageddon.bsky.social
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As far as I know, Biden's spinal stenosis, the extremely common cause of his stiff gait, has NOTHING TO DO with his mental acuity.
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Erica Picatinny ᛒᛉᛞᚹ 🕊️
@picatinnyrailed.bsky.social
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I knew.
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Just here to chill
@garbagearsonist.bsky.social
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Was so popular the political reaction was "whoa, can't have THAT happen again" and amended the Constitution over it
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Ken Yee
@yuweiquan.bsky.social
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A Democrat, too!
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@misgivings.bsky.social
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That’s crazy
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algi
@algi.bsky.social
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I wonder if Biden could sell his image better if he didn't try to hide whatever his weaknesses might be, but went all in. Like he just rolled up in a wheelchair or injected himself on camera. "What are you going to do about it?"
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ptrdo
@ptrdo.bsky.social
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Brains aren't legs.
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Professor Mitchell
@professormitchell.bsky.social
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It's telling how much has changed, since the news media back then specifically omitted FDR's use of a wheelchair and other such aids from most of their news reports and broadcasts, on request from his administration. Today's news platforms would have ripped FDR to shreds.
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MattBille
@mattbille.bsky.social
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What is possibly obscure about a fact in every school history text I ever saw (1970s)
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Michael Friedman
@mfriedman803.bsky.social
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Hmm…
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Father John Chungus
@sorocchungus.bsky.social
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Bro was so good at getting elected president they enacted a constitutional amendment to stop people from being president so long
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RCA
@rodericka1.bsky.social
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He was in a wheelchair because he was paralyzed from the waist down, not because he was dementia riddled. This is apples and oranges.
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Rob Honeycutt
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Another interesting thing is the lengths they went to conceal FDR’s disability.
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Rob Honeycutt
@robhon.bsky.social
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He was also none too healthy during his last term.
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Jillebeans
@jillebeans.bsky.social
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“Kicked Hitler’s ass”?! Hardly.
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Marisa
@marisamiller.bsky.social
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The Economist. Of all magazines. When Biden and team has literally shaped the best economic recovery during this Covid pandemic than every other country in the world? When stock market and NASDAQ higher than ever? They are that thirsty for making sure Trump's tax cuts don't expire in 2025?
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Peter H. Coffin
@hellsop.ninehells.com
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Won his elections FOUR TIMES too. Nobody can top that.
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Jay Marose
@jaymarose.bsky.social
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The one who fathered a kid and married his business partners daughter (2 different women), saw it as his job to veto everything, in non-consecutive terms, becoming chief justice to uphold his interpretation of his administration & future - had secret jaw cancer surgery. Fuh-lawed!
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Julia
@sdrose.bsky.social
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Fake news!
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Nolan Zugernat
@zugernat.bsky.social
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What ancient scrolls did you consult to gain such esoteric knowledge?
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David S.
@silbersd.bsky.social
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And he had a diagnosed heart condition and was 63 years old.
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Wendel
@wendelschwab.bsky.social
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Almost as if Time posting a picture of his mobility aid would be seen as gross and ableist. Interesting!
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Bumblebeth
@bumblebeth.bsky.social
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I have been day drinking for the 4th and it took me an unreasonably long time to detect the sarcasm here.
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Ellen McGrath Smith
@ellenbreezely.bsky.social
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"The top president's ever." Is "ever" a thing now?
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Ellen McGrath Smith
@ellenbreezely.bsky.social
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How are people this dumb?
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maraleia
@maraleia.bsky.social
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Was FDR in any cognitive decline until his fourth and final election cycle? Asking a genuine question here.
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Hayward
@hgwood.bsky.social
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This country’s ignorance of history is astounding and appalling.
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Nathalie Plum
@radioplum.bsky.social
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Also, I remember Reagan's last two years, when he was less and less "there".
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Nathalie Plum
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I know! I read that in books!
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David
@squarestate.bsky.social
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As for the SCOTUS decision on immunity, I think we can all remember studying how FDR had Chicago Mayor Cermak assassinated while he was sitting right next to him. Never prosecuted.
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Alan Neff
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I had the same thought when I saw the cover. To paraphrase an earlier adage, Ahistorical media are the worst media.
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Thanks For Sharing, Jerk
@thx4sharingjerk.bsky.social
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I’ve heard that JFK was practically immobile on some days
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Real American Hombre
@realamericanhombre.bsky.social
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"Kicked" in the figurative sense, of course.... because.... you know... Nevermind. Forget I said anything.
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