text: name the best president of us so far and why?   franklin delano roosevelt.  he knew who his friends were.  he never alienated anyone.  he wasn't a bully but instead he kicked a** with every fiber of his crippled being.  when he died, the whole country felt like they lost a father.  they did.  we were so sad we passed a law saying no one could ever be president for that long, because our sorrow was so great.  to fdr.