Where Was FDR?

~ Rush Limbaugh

March 5, 2004

During Friday's show, I asked, "Where was FDR on the morning of December 7th, 1941. What was FDR doing? Where was he?" Well, we found out that Franklin Delano Roosevelt was in the White House on December 7, 1941, but he couldn't have been doing anything about the war and it doesn't matter, because he wasn't in Hawaii, and he wasn't out there firing weapons at the incoming Japanese zeros.

What does it matter where the president was at the moment of attack anyway? What's that have to do with anything? Can you imagine how peculiar it would be if 9-11 wasn't raised in this campaign? Are we supposed to leave it alone? And why do the Democrats want to leave it alone? Why do they want 9-11 not mentioned? It's because they know they're not on the right side of it. I've been asking since this happened, why in the world would these people position themselves in such a way that if we do well in the war on terror, it's harmful to them politically? But that's what they've done, and they know it, and so now when Bush is reminding everybody of what we face in the future, about this formative event and how we dealt with it that day, they feel it's offensive, they feel dirty. Why don't they feel like joining everybody with this?

Can you imagine Abraham Lincoln running without mentioning his leadership during the Civil War? Can you imagine FDR running without mentioning his accomplishments during World War II? Can you imagine Lyndon Johnson insisting that Vietnam not be raised should he run for a second term? He didn't run, but can you imagine the reaction if LBJ said Vietnam ought not be a part of this campaign?

What the Democrats are demanding is asinine, because matters of war and peace are exactly the kind of serious and important issues that need to be debated prior to electing a commander-in-chief. Commander-in-chief, folks! The problem is that John Kerry's record doesn't stand up on this. Bush's does, and that's the problem the Democrats have.

As you can tell from the FDR campaign button we found, FDR used the war. We did some further research and found from the May 12th, 2000, edition of the Washington Post, "In 1944, with the U.S. deeply involved in World War II, president Franklin D. Roosevelt campaigned for a fourth term arguing that his reelection was essential for an allied victory." It turns out that the godfather of the modern Democratic Party campaigned in ways they now think are vicious and mean in 1944. Who is it today that looks like FDR? It's George W. Bush.