That is the book I am reading right now. I'm maybe a quarter of the way through.
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I had a great-uncle who died on the day after Harding. His widow died in 1990 (three days before her 102nd birthday).
Think back over the last 100 years or so and name one Republican President that did not inherit a mess from his Democrat predecessor. I cannot think of one. An honest rating of 20th century presidents would in my opinion name, Coolidge, Reagan and Harding at the head of the list.
Calvin Coolidge...a fiscal conservative who tried his best to stay out of the way. He knew that the government functioned best as a referee – not as a participant in the economic game – or as a team owner.
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It appears that presidents feel an imperative to do something for the people. So we get all these grand schemes that grow government, increase our national debt, and reduce our freedoms. Silent Cal had the right idea.
A true Model for all presidents.
If thier is one though I need to know more about is his stance on Prohibition.
I know he personally had little intrest, but maybe the polical winds simply weren't as strong to repeal it when he was in office.
That is the book I am reading right now. I'm maybe a quarter of the way through.
My mom was 4 years old when her mom pointed out the train, bearing Harding’s body, as it passed through her hometown, Boone, Iowa. She also pointed out to her that Coolidge was the new president.
She speaks of the heavy impression that made on her throughout her childhood. It was an abrupt baptism for her into the ideas of death, politics, and the importance of the presidency and presidential succession.
this sounds so TODAY!