And he [Franklin Roosevelt] got the votes of every southern white voting state in the country and wouldn't have been elected president… — William A. Rusher Copy Share Image
Westbrook Pegler suggested that in the period, I think the late 40s, when the investigations of Communism were opening up during the… — William A. Rusher Copy Share Image
I think she [Eleanor Roosevelt] never was called because she probably didn't know an awful lot. The whole burden of the criticism… — William A. Rusher Copy Share Image
Well, I didn't read My Day by Eleanor Roosevelt very carefully. I was away during a lot of that, in the war… — William A. Rusher Copy Share Image
I think the fact that she [Eleanor Roosevelt] was a woman probably in those days would have been an additional criticism, although… — William A. Rusher Copy Share Image
These were in the days before anybody thought to criticize Congressmen, let alone first ladies, for making money on speeches. So Eleanor… — William A. Rusher Copy Share Image
Well, at the time, we certainly regarded them [Elianor and Franklin Roosevelt] as partners. We did not know what has since come… — William A. Rusher Copy Share Image
You know, you can't always criticize without somebody being at the end of the stick. And she perhaps did not always grant… — William A. Rusher Copy Share Image
Most of her participation in the United Nations, which [??] history, as I say, I don't take too seriously, because I know… — William A. Rusher Copy Share Image
One has to say that they [Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt] were pioneering to some extent. They didn't know that some of the… — William A. Rusher Copy Share Image
Our Navy was very largely sunk. And we were at war in no time at all. I share, in retrospect, the distress we all… — William A. Rusher Copy Share
One of the most influential women of the 20th century? Well, that may be overdoing it. When one thinks of really influential women, my… — William A. Rusher Copy Share
I think the fact that she [Eleanor Roosevelt] was a woman probably in those days would have been an additional criticism, although first ladies… — William A. Rusher Copy Share
And at the UN she took the advice - she had to take the advice - of the State Department and the Assistant Secretary… — William A. Rusher Copy Share
Eleanor Roosevelt had both her admirers and her detractors. And they admired her and detracted from her for many of the same reasons. People… — William A. Rusher Copy Share
One has to say that they [Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt] were pioneering to some extent. They didn't know that some of the housing projects… — William A. Rusher Copy Share
She was obviously useful at the UN because she had a public persona before she ever got there. She was well known. She was… — William A. Rusher Copy Share
These people looked Japanese, were originally Japanese, were numerous. We had no way of knowing to what extent they had been infiltrated. To their… — William A. Rusher Copy Share
Well, you have to remember that until 1948, when Hubert Humphrey and others forced the Democratic Party to adopt a new policy on civil… — William A. Rusher Copy Share
I think that it is true that Eleanor Roosevelt, by being so active on that front, contributed to that impression very substantially. And it's… — William A. Rusher Copy Share
That was a general impression that one got, that she [Eleanor Roosevelt] was always flitting around the country and descending on some place in… — William A. Rusher Copy Share
People who thought that she was busy going around trying to stir up difficulty where there was none or less than she imagined, were… — William A. Rusher Copy Share
I think she [Eleanor Roosevelt] never was called because she probably didn't know an awful lot. The whole burden of the criticism of her… — William A. Rusher Copy Share
I don't think she ever had a single initiative at the United Nations that was not previously [vetted] by the people at the State… — William A. Rusher Copy Share
In terms of legacy, I'm not sure that I see some great historic deposit there, as a result of her passing our way. She… — William A. Rusher Copy Share
![“And he [Franklin Roosevelt] got the votes of every southern white voting state in the country and wouldn't have been elected president once, let alone four times, if he hadn't. Now, at the same time he acquired over the years a reputation for being sympathetic to blacks, and he got their votes…” quote by William A. Rusher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/937/william-a-rusher-20922_country_and-he-franklin-roosevelt-got-the-votes_3026350.jpg)
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