Did Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal policies get us out of the Depression?

Here's a good explanation as to why the answer is no (Dennis Prager blog 12 Apr 10).

"'He got us out of the Great Depression." That's probably the most frequent comment made about President Franklin Roosevelt, who died 65 years ago today. Every Democratic president from Truman to Obama has believed it, and each has used FDR's New Deal as a model for expanding the government.
It's a myth. FDR did not get us out of the Great Depression—not during the 1930s, and only in a limited sense during World War II..." Full text:   Did FDR End the Depression? The economy took off after the postwar Congress cut taxes

Response to comment [from a Christian]:  "Not just Democrats hold this guy in high esteem. I don't know of a single Republican president who doesn't like FDR!"

Were you trained to adore FDR?

"I am fascinated by the fact that FDR was elected to four terms. How and why did that happen?"

"Franklin Delano Roosevelt was first elected President in 1932, and re-elected in 1936. When it came time for the Democrats to nominate a candidate for the Presidency in 1940, two things had happened. First, the Republicans had made great gains in Congress in the 1938 elections. And Hitler happened. Europe was in the throes of a great war, with trouble in the Pacific, too. A change away from Roosevelt, who had led the nation through the Great Depression, did not seem wise. He was nominated for an unprecedented third term, and won. It was not a landslide victory, however, and it is debatable that FDR would have had a third term had it not been for the war. When 1944 rolled around, changing leaders in the middle of World War II, which the United States was now fully engaged in, also seemed unwise, and FDR ran for and was elected to, a fourth term.
His life was nearly over, however, and his Vice President, Harry Truman, became President upon FDR's death less than 100 days after his inauguration. Though FDR's leadership was seen by many as a key reason that the U.S. came out of WWII victorious, the Congress was determined, once the war ended, to ensure that Washington's self-imposed two-term limit become the law of the land. Specifically excepting Truman from its provisions, the 22nd Amendment passed Congress on March 21, 1947. After Truman won a second term in 1948, it was ratified on February 27, 1951 (1,439 days). Truman could have run for a third term, but bowed out early before campaigning began." Notes on the Amendments

Response to comment [from Eric Sauer]:  " I think not. His own Treasury Secretary admitted before World War II that the "works" programs were not stimulating the economy with significant effect."

I hope we don't make the same mistakes. 

"Secretary Woodin–the architect of FDR’s Banking Holiday–knew that the nation needed more than just sweet talk. He knew that the way to heal the financial sector was to shut down insolvent banks..." Full text:  Imitate FDR’s Treasury Secretary: Bankruptcy not Bailouts (an open letter to the incoming Secretary of the Treasury)

Did Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal policies get us out of the Depression?