Posted on 04/04/2015 10:01:49 AM PDT by NRx
President Coolidge delivers the first presidential speech recorded with sound and video on the lawn of the White House in 1924. Coolidge was hands down the most conservative president since Grover Cleveland (another good president). An argument could be made that Coolidge was really the last constitutional conservative president
Some facts about Mr. Coolidge:
He was the only president born on the 4th of July.
He held more elective offices than any other president.
As governor of Massachusetts he broke the Boston Police strike of 1919 and was quoted as saying "There is no right to strike against the public safety, anywhere, anytime, by anybody." President Reagan repeated that line when he broke the PATCO strike in 1981.
During his presidency the top tax rate rate fell to about 25% after having peaked at 77% under Woodrow Wilson. Most Americans paid little or not taxes.
Coolidge was the last president to balance the budget every year he was in office. He reduced the national debt by about a quarter.
During his administration the unemployment rate fell to around 3% and remained there until after he left office. The economy expanded at the fastest rate in history up to that time. By time he left office more than 70% of American homes had electricity and the number of people who owned a car skyrocketed.
Coolidge was the last president save one to adhere to the traditional American foreign policy of non-interventionism.
Cal was the last president to write all of his own speeches, and he never owned a car until after leaving office. (He bought his first and only car used from the government.) He never owned his own home until late in retirement, always renting. The only reason he eventually gave in and bought a house with some land was for privacy. In retirement he liked to sit on the front porch of his little duplex and smoke cigars while reading but the endless stream of the curious and sightseers eventually became too much of a distraction.
He was as famous for his economy with words as he was with money. Known as "Silent Cal," he was the subject of innumerable jokes and funny stories.
"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan "press on" has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race" — Calvin Coolidge
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Coolidge should be considered the patron saint of the tea party. The man would have McDonald’s catering state dinners to save money if he were around today.
Coolidge should be considered the patron saint of the tea party.
Agreed. Would recommend the Coolidge biography by Amity Schlaes. Very good.
I had this quote on my office wall for 20 years.
Silent Cal was the man.
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“Coolidge should be considered the patron saint of the tea party. The man would have McDonald’s catering state dinners to save money if he were around today.”
Cal once threatened to fire the White House chef for cooking a whole ham for a state dinner.
Woman: "Mr. President, I bet I can make you say more than two words."
Coolidge: "You lose."
LOL One whit once said that seeing Calvin Coolidge smile was like watching the ice breaking up on a new England river in the spring. Alice Roosevelt said he looked like he had been weaned on a pickle.
LOL One whit once said that seeing Calvin Coolidge smile was like watching the ice breaking up on a new England river in the spring. Alice Roosevelt said he looked like he had been weaned on a pickle.
Yep, he wasn’t known for being a happy looking guy. The picture I have on my wall is quite good, though — no grumpy cat features, just a sincere face.
Calvin Coolidge was Ronald Reagan’s favorite president.
“Favorite Coolidge story... “
Mine...
One Sunday Cal went to church where a well known preacher was expected to hold forth. Later he returned to the White House and quietly settled into his easy chair and began to read the paper. Mrs. Coolidge joined him and asked “Did you go to church today?” Mr Coolidge without removing his eyes from the paper replied “yep.” After about 5 minutes of silence she asked “was the preacher there?” Again the president replied “yep.” Another long silence and Mrs. Coolidge prods... “what was the sermon about?” Cal, eyes still glued to the paper, says “sin.” After another ten minutes of silence Mrs C finally tries one more time and asks “well what did he have to say about it?”
A clearly exasperated president Coolidge finally lays the paper down on his lap, looks at his wife and says...
“He’s against it.”
Frugal, conservative, and full of common sense. Calvin Coolidge epitomized what we New Englanders were before we became a bunch of left-wing loons.
Great read about my favorite president
LOL!
I’ve actually watched this several times on my big screen TV.
My wife looks at me like I’ve lost my mind because it puts her to sleep.
But can you imagine having presidents again that were just there to do their jobs and stay out of our way or only to occasionally give “boring” speeches that spelled out simple truths?
This is why he's hated and called "stupid" by the Left.
The Left is insane.
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