FDR, hardly a man of the people?

Saw this in the Economist' Democracy in America blog.



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The Economist | WASHINGTON

A “confidant” of Barack Obama’s talks to New York magazine’s John Heilemann:

“When times are good, people say they want someone like them to be president, but when times are bad, they want someone who can solve the problems, no matter how unlike them he is,” says the Obama confidant. “FDR was hardly a fucking man of the people, you know?”