There's been a recent spate of books giving FDR and his depression-era economic policies a pretty hard time (see, for instance, Powell's "FDR's Folly", and Amity Shlaes' "The Forgotten Man"). My own objection to FDR on this fine Halloween Holiday is far less scholarly and far more specific.

FDR: "We have nothing to fear but fear itself."

REBUTTAL: "Hellooo, Danny. Come play with us...forever...and ever...."