A second look at Harding

The Hill ^ | November 23, 2009 | David Keene

[uncommonsense]

... and Obamunism has spared no expense to embolden our enemies - who initiated war against America - by broadcasting acquiescence in the War on Terror, prosecuting and persecuting our defenders of liberty (CIA, Navy Seals, NATO allies), stalling, dithering, apologizing, ignoring the birth pangs of freedom and the sacrifices of common people to remove their shackles (Iran's students)...

Voices from the past are crying out warnings of bad things to come.

[VOA]

“Woodrow Wilson, was a much darker figure than history acknowleges”

I’ve only heard it mentioned a couple of times in documentaries,
but I was suprised to hear about Wilson having a screening of D.W. Griffith’s
in the White House”Birth Of A Nation” in which the KKK are portrayed
as noble warriors defending the country against demonic black Americans.

Although it is reported that Wilson later disavowed approval of
the film’s topic, it is suprising he even allowed it to screened
in “the people’s house”.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Birth_of_a_Nation

[driftless2]

Every single analysis of presidents I’ve ever read has always referred to Wilson as one of the great presidents. I think much of that was due to his idea of the League of Nations. Which the U.S. failed to enter. All the nasty stuff about Wilson the ardent racist and the persecutor of free speech and the prosecutor of dissidents has been conveniently ignored. Wilson must be looked at as one of the worst presidents.

[VR-21]

Thanks CF. You sold a book.

[Wallace T.]

Harding never denied the rumors of his partial black ancestry, once saying words to the effect that he had no idea if one of his ancestors jumped the color line.

[SunkenCiv]

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[GraceCoolidge]

It also is worth noting that President Reagan's parents refused to let him and his brother see "Birth of a Nation" due to its racism.

I always have found it interesting how historians glossed over Wilson's racism. He also was no friend to women, either. He adamantly opposed voting rights for women until it became politically useless to do so.

[ReleaseTheHounds]

Well, I think Woodrow Wilson was a bigtime troublemaker. He was responsible for the lousy “peace” arrangements that eventually led to World War II. And he was also responsible for the League of Nations. And he was responsible for authorizing the Federal Reserve System, which has put a gang of criminal statists in charge of our fiat paper money.

Let's not forget a few more of Wilson's "accomplishments".

He ran for his second term as President on "he kept us out of war." How's that hope and change working for you?

The Federal Income Tax was enacted under Wilson (although proposed before he assumed the office)... I think it started out at a very low rate of something like 5% max. So, I guess, we can blame "unintended consequences".

Direct election of Senators enacted during Wilson's first term (although proposed before he assumed the office)... That's worked out well.

Prohibition became the law of the land and a Constitutional Amendment proposed and enacted during his time in office. How's that hope and change working???

And we saw Women's Suffrage become a constitutional amendment... no comment there...

I agree with you though -- he was a trouble maker and he showed what an elitist "intellectual" could do with the power of the presidency which FDR would exploit big time 12 years later. And now we see where that logical progression may be headed.

[Cicero]

Yes, there’s a long list of Woodrow Wilson disasters. He was a typical Democrat intellectual who was very pleased with his own high intelligence and completely lacking in common sense.

[camp_steveo]

“Which U.S. president ranks as America’s greatest depression fighter?

Not the fabled Franklin Delano Roosevelt,....”

Read up: http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=9880