Jim McMahon Quotes
I don't know who had it out for me, but somebody did.
McMahon, Jim, and Bob Verdi. McMahon! Warner Books, 1986.
FDR was hated by conservatives to a degree that no President in modern history was or would be until Bill Clinton served in that role. Both men were amazingly successful with their programs and administration of the government.
He was referring to his Presidential opponent, Hillary Clinton. What makes this quotation noteworthy is that many observers at the time felt that this statement gave an insight into the very unusual personality of Trump. He was so hyper competitive and machismo that he even tried to be better than his opponent in everything including negative things like being nasty. He could not abide being second in anything, even things that made him less fit for the presidency.
James Robert McMahon Jr. is a former American football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 15 seasons, most notably with the Chicago Bears. He played college football at Brigham Young University, where he was a two-time All-American and later a 1998 inductee of the College Football Hall of Fame. Due to his collegiate success, McMahon was selected by the Bears in the first round of the 1982 NFL Draft as the fifth overall pick.