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* [[Insult Backfire]]: FDR was from one of the wealthiest families in New York, yet it was America's wealthy who hated him more than any other Americans. A wealthy socialite once called him, "a traitor to his class" which was overheard by the press and became so widely quoted that everybody knew the insult. And since this was [[The Great Depression]], when the wealthy weren't held in such high regard, the insult made FDR even ''more'' popular among the general public.
* [[Insult Backfire]]: FDR was from one of the wealthiest families in New York, yet it was America's wealthy who hated him more than any other Americans. A wealthy socialite once called him, "a traitor to his class" which was overheard by the press and became so widely quoted that everybody knew the insult. And since this was [[The Great Depression]], when the wealthy weren't held in such high regard, the insult made FDR even ''more'' popular among the general public.
* [[The Kirk]]: To Winston Churchill's [[The McCoy]] and Stalin's [[The Spock]].
* [[The Kirk]]: To Winston Churchill's [[The McCoy]] and Stalin's [[The Spock]].
* [[Mid-Atlantic Accent]]: Probably the most prominent (non-movie star) example of this accent in recent history; not unexpected, given that it was created to be the accent of the American upper class.
* [[Our Presidents Are Different]]
* [[Our Presidents Are Different]]
* [[Politically-Correct History]]: The main heading details his attempts to conceal his lack of use of his legs from the public (the picture at the top is one of the only two showing him using a wheelchair. The other can be seen [http://frc.sbcc.edu/4sbccfaculty/lecture/2000s/images/shapiro_images/42-back_of_fdr_in_chair_72.jpg here]); the FDR memorial features a statue of him seated in a wheelchair which was added well after the initial design phase because disability rights groups complained that this aspect of his life was being ignored.
* [[Politically-Correct History]]: The main heading details his attempts to conceal his lack of use of his legs from the public (the picture at the top is one of the only two showing him using a wheelchair. The other can be seen [http://frc.sbcc.edu/4sbccfaculty/lecture/2000s/images/shapiro_images/42-back_of_fdr_in_chair_72.jpg here]); the FDR memorial features a statue of him seated in a wheelchair which was added well after the initial design phase because disability rights groups complained that this aspect of his life was being ignored.
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