FDR cultivated Father Coughlin's support early in his administration, then began to distance himself from Coughlin as he became nuttier and started to brag excessively of his influence in the White House. Coughlin became a Roosevelt foe, but FDR's popularity won out.
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Someone was bringing those up with me a coupla weeks ago. But these days I feel like you're more likely to hear the accidentally-shot-by-his-own-bodyguards story.
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The bodyguard thing is definitely much more plausible! I was just wondering if FDR as master killer still had any resonance.
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i don't believe that at all. FDR had sort of won the political contest at that point
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