re: The subject was fear.
If you're going to do what the recent intelligence report did, and limit the discussion only to a narrow political range, fine.
"He did it too" is a perfectly valid statement when the issue is hypocrisy, or pots calling kettles black.
And speaking of fear, who is it that's been inflating these few war issues into the imminent destruction of the Constitution and the fall of America as a moral nation?
For all the "stain" the internment camps brought on us, somehow I don't see a lot of liberals down on FDR in general. Apparently a few "minor flaws" don't outweigh the good he did. We won't mention trying to cook the Supreme Court.