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Hoover also alienated black Republican voters with his handling of the Mississippi floods. He was more responsible for the Dem plantation than any Democrats.

As I stated in the initial post, Herbert Hoover was a proto-RINO. He was a "compassionate Conservative" long before that term was widespread. But, of course, what little remained of his Conservatism was fatally compromised by his desire for "social justice". If Hoover were around in the 21st Century, he may still be a nominal Republican but of the John Huntsman squishy strain.

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I think of Hoover as another Jack Kemp. Good-hearted but misdirected.