Not to denigrate your parents, Ebbie, but that's absurd. It was obviously polio (I know. I had it too). There were a lot of people around who thought FDR was the devil incarnate because he was deeply concerned about the condition of the people. He was elected at the height of the Depression, and he established a lot of programs that put people to work and generally alleviated the effects of the Depression. Some people thought that was rampant Socialism. But substantial majorities kept re-electing him. You see, they liked the fact that he did things for people, not to them. Very unusual in the world of politics.

Don Firth