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December 10, 2003
Once More, Win One for the Gipper News Item: There are many reasons why Franklin Delano Roosevelt should be removed from the dime: Roosevelt smoked cigarettes using a cigarette holder. He often wore a cape. He came from New York. He went to Harvard. He spoke with a patrician accent. He used three names instead of first name, middle initial, last name. Eleanor, his wife, had an overbite. He was a cripple with paralyzed legs and used crutches. Roosevelt's photogenic face cut a handsome profile. An incurable optimist, he told the nation the only thing it had to fear was fear itself. Roosevelt was a Democrat who was elected President four times, defeating a different Republican each time. Copyright William Stockton & Smithtown Creek Productions |
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