It's like Obama heard the story about post-election FDR telling civil rights leaders, "I want to do it, now make me do it," and concluded, "I don't want to do it, so I'd better not let anyone make me do it":
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Did Franklin Roosevelt ever say, "I agree with you; I want to do it; now make me do it"?
Answer (1 of 2): Yes.
Like much of FDR’s career, it’s more deft than it looks.
The gist of the story — the context — is that some folks that we might now call Social Justice Warriors went to see Ele...
