Yeah, with all the wonderful things FDR did (and his national jobs initiative where they built roads, bridges, schools, libraries, and post offices across the country was tremendous), I'm afraid we cannot forget the horrors of the Japanese internment camps (striping citizens of their property and businesses without any evidence of any kind of wrong doing).

I do have to say, in your brother's defense, that there is a purpose and value in third parties. When the two parties become too much alike, taking money from the same lobbyists so that both parties are in the pockets of the same special interests, then third parties are the only way that citizens can voice their desire for change. Throughout the political process the two parties have done everything possible to legislate difficulties preventing third party candidates from getting on the ballot, and from getting matching funds. I really feel that one of the changes I would like to see in this country is to open up the process more, and make it easier to let dissenting voices be heard. My Father voted for Dick Gregory in 1968 because he was the only anti-war candidate (both Nixon and Humphrey were committed to continuing in Vietnam), and I have to respect that wasted vote.