[Clintonfatigued]

This editorial is about a new book which takes a new look at Warren Harding, remembered by most as an incompetent womanizer who accomplished nothing while corruption flourished under his nose. There’s no doubt that Harding had his faults, but he also had some accomplishments, and his over-rated predecessor, Woodrow Wilson, was a much darker figure than history acknowleges.

For those interested in American history.

[Always Right]

Maybe it wasn't about this Harding.

[Hoodat]

I find it interesting that the attempted sale of the Elk Hills oil reserve which was such a scandal during Harding`s term, was actually pulled off during the Clinton years. And to top it off, it was sold to a company in which VP Gore was heavily invested.

[Cicero]

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.

But I can’t fault him for arresting Eugene V. Debs, who was essentially a Communist. So, these guys think Woodrow Wilson wasn’t far enough to the left? Personally, I think of him as the forerunner of FDR and LBJ.

[HighlyOpinionated]

Never one to take criticism lightly, Wilson 0bama had Debs FoxNews/Rush Limbaugh/Pastor James David Manning arrested, tried for sedition and shipped off to a federal prison for 10 years.

As he was leaving the White House, Wilson’s 0bama's closest advisers, including Attorney General Alexander Mitchell Palmer Eric Holder, who is will not himself remembered as a great champion of civil liberties, urged the departing president to free Debs one of the above mentioned. Wilson 0bama scowled, grabbed the pardon and scrawled “denied” across it as one final mean-spirited act before turning things over to Harding Sarah Palin, whom he dismissed as uncultured, uneducated and hardly fit to be in the same room with him.

As president, Harding Palin unhesitatingly freed Debs the above named and others unfairly persecuted by Wilson 0bama; his her “normalcy” was, it seems, built on a respect for the Constitution, and while he she craved the good opinion of others as much as any politician, he she didn’t spend his her time dreaming up ways to send his her critics to prison.

I fixed it for the 0bama-trolls. It's thanksgiving and I'm thankful that I upset their too full of turkey tummies.

[Ticonderoga34]

I have long thought that Harding was a very underrated President. Harding restored civil liberties and cut taxes which led to the roaring Twenties. I believe that Ronald Reagan said something similar but I don’t have a link to Reagan’s comments about Harding.

[mjp]

Harding:

1)raised tariff rates
2)gave the wealthy a tax cut
3)created the Bureau of the Budget which helped reduce government spending by 40%
4)was able to create a huge budget surplus
5)lowered government debt
6)halted further regulatory legislation
Within 6 months of the time his business friendly administration arrived in Washington, the economy was able to recover from a very serious post war business slump and was on the path to prosperity that lasted during the 1920's.It's too bad Obamarx is unable to learn from history.

[AdvisorB]

[B-Chan]

Plus my main man Warren Harding was one-eighth Afro-American, making him the real first black president of the U.S.A!

SHOUT OUT TO WARREN G! MOURN YA TIL I JOIN YA!

[Fiji Hill]

Harding Memorial in Marion, Ohio

[Welcome2thejungle]

Harding gets a very bad rap in history and unfairly so. He was no where near being one of our worst presidents. He looks pretty good compared to the current occupant of the WH. Even Nixon and Ford are looking pretty damn good these days IMHO.

[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.

[SunkenCiv]

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[camp_steveo]

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