The Fireside Chats
"It is your problem no less than it is mine. Together we cannot fail." These were the words ending the first fireside chat by FDR on March 12, 1933.
When the American public, shaken by the collapse of their economy, rushed to their banks en masse and found that there wasn't enough hard currency available to cover their withdrawals, their leader took to the airwaves to assuage their fears and allay their mistrust and anger.
Through the hard times of World War II, Franklin Roosevelt continued to host these radio addresses, reassuring Americans' confidence in the leadership in Washington. Given credence by his integrity of character and his boldness, FDR gave new hope to those who believed that America would not recover from the economic and military crises that threatened to consume our world in an unending cloud of darkness and chaos.
Woefully inadequate is the forced reassurance of our current President, largely due in part to his complete lack of integrity and his dreadful mishandling of every element of his role as the Commander-In-Chief of this great nation.
I offer you this link to an online collection of FDR's fireside chats and urge you to seek reassurance in the words of our long-gone President, who inspires more hope with his timely addresses (both then and now) than could any of the leaders in Washington now. They may remind you of a time in American history when the President was seen as an ever vigilant guardian - not only of our citizens, but of our expectations and dreams. More to the point, he was a guardian of our greatest dream - the American Dream.
http://www.mhric.org/fdr/fdr.html
When the American public, shaken by the collapse of their economy, rushed to their banks en masse and found that there wasn't enough hard currency available to cover their withdrawals, their leader took to the airwaves to assuage their fears and allay their mistrust and anger.
Through the hard times of World War II, Franklin Roosevelt continued to host these radio addresses, reassuring Americans' confidence in the leadership in Washington. Given credence by his integrity of character and his boldness, FDR gave new hope to those who believed that America would not recover from the economic and military crises that threatened to consume our world in an unending cloud of darkness and chaos.
Woefully inadequate is the forced reassurance of our current President, largely due in part to his complete lack of integrity and his dreadful mishandling of every element of his role as the Commander-In-Chief of this great nation.
I offer you this link to an online collection of FDR's fireside chats and urge you to seek reassurance in the words of our long-gone President, who inspires more hope with his timely addresses (both then and now) than could any of the leaders in Washington now. They may remind you of a time in American history when the President was seen as an ever vigilant guardian - not only of our citizens, but of our expectations and dreams. More to the point, he was a guardian of our greatest dream - the American Dream.
http://www.mhric.org/fdr/f
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