[WalterBright]

Extremely unfair? After he did that, a Constitutional Amendment was passed to stop that from happening again. Presidents have an enormous advantage in reelection, and the country was concerned that we were at risk of a "president for life".

He was quite ill during his final term, which put him at a severe disadvantage in negotiating with Stalin. This was hidden from the public.

[Apocryphon]

If he shouldn’t have done that why didn’t the American people sent him packing out of office? Why the arbitrary term limit of eight years?

[kelnos]

Because the American people don't really choose who's on the final ballot. For all we know FDR in 1944 was considered "just ok", but was better than his opponent.

[Apocryphon]

Then that was the fault of a lack of a challenger within the Democratic nomination. And if they really wanted to, more delegates should have voted for Harry Byrd:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1944_Democratic_National_Conve...

Given that Americans tend to reelect presidents during wartime, that makes the claim that FDR was somehow unpopularly "just ok" to be even more dubious.