MINNEAPOLIS, MN September 13, 2004 -- The “I Want Roosevelt Again” campaign is reeling nationwide as the problem of what to do with Roosevelt dimes causes voters to question the cost of re-electing Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

“This issue has been raised as a purely political ploy to undermine FDR’s chances of re-election,” says Minneapolis artist and campaign manager Bradley W. Schenck. “All right, it’s true that we have a tradition of not featuring living people on postage stamps and currency. No one here is arguing against that. But really, what’s the problem? We’re making history here!”

The public stance of the “I Want Roosevelt Again” campaign is that Democratic and Independent rivals have raised the “dime problem” in an effort to split the vote in favor of candidates with more traditional candidacies. But reporters note that behind the scenes, the workers at FDR’s campaign headquarters in Minneapolis are scrambling to establish the validity of claims that FDR’s re-election would cause a recall of millions, possibly even billions, of dollars worth of dimes, all of which feature the face of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

FDR’s re-election campaign, which was launched in defiance of both term limits and mortality, kicked off in mid-2003 in California. Since then the campaign has grown and established its headquarters in Minnesota, with an active web site hosted at theretrovert.com. This grassroots campaign has grown through the efforts of volunteers who have chosen to re-elect the twentieth century’s original “Great Communicator” - whose pragmatic version of liberal politics saw this nation through some of its most trying years, from the early days of the Great Depression to the later years of World War II.

The campaign’s lively political bumper stickers and other regalia are available through its Internet base at the theretrovert.com. The campaign graphics, based on an original 1930’s campaign button, are available on bumper stickers, shirts, mugs, and cards.

Had he lived, FDR would not have been eligible for re-election due to term limits - which were allegedly enacted by his political rivals, specifically to prevent him from serving a fifth term.

When questioned earlier, Schenck described the problems facing the campaign in this way: “Electing him is easy. The interesting problem is how he serves his term, but we’re working on that. Trust me.”

In the face of the “dime problem”, that assessment may be due to change.

About the Retrovert
TheRetrovert.com is an online source for restored vintage graphics newly applied to stylish, hygienic, and modern products. Visitors can browse through a wide selection of WPA poster art, New York Worlds Fair graphics, Crate Label designs, and vintage magazine covers from the days of the Great Depression. The site also hosts the official web presence of Local 404 of the Non-Conformists Union (“Organizing Against Conformity since 1903!”).





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