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To: re_nortex

Good to see another Coolidge fan. Grover Cleveland is also sadly underrated, he tirelessly fought for the gold standard and was opposed to populist idiocy. The Bourbon Democrats were excellent leaders, and it’s really a shame that the Marxists hijacked the party in 1896.


17 posted on 09/21/2014 9:41:19 PM PDT by Objective Scrutator (All liberals are criminals, and all criminals are liberals)
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To: Objective Scrutator
Good to see another Coolidge fan. Grover Cleveland is also sadly underrated, he tirelessly fought for the gold standard and was opposed to populist idiocy.

Dare I say it but I rank President Calvin Coolidge just a tad higher than even President Ronald Reagan. In fact, Coolidge was rightly admired by Reagan.

As for the populist idiocy that you so aptly mention, I place William Jennings Bryan in the same circle of evil as Woodenhead Wilson and Franklin Diablo Roosevelt. What became the New Deal were largely the visions of the so-called "Great Commoner". To a large extent, I see Mike Huckabee as a 21st Century version of Bryan.

23 posted on 09/21/2014 9:51:19 PM PDT by re_nortex (DP - that's what I like about Texas)
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To: Objective Scrutator

Keep in mind that Grover Cleveland signed the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 which was the first power grab by the Fed to regulate industry.


65 posted on 09/23/2014 6:47:03 AM PDT by Borges
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