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To: fporretto
Grover Cleveland -- probably the most libertarian President we ever had. A lot of the anonymous late 19th century guys were fine -- Hayes, Arthur, McKinley -- they just kind of let prosperity and progress happen without screwing it up. You never get much credit for just knowing when to keep quiet.
5 posted on 03/03/2003 5:03:41 AM PST by speedy
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To: speedy
No argument, Speedy. But I deliberately restricted myself to the 20th Century, because in the 19th Century it was the Democrats who were more in favor of restraining the State.

There was a huge turnover of positions when the Cleveland Democrats were ousted from control of the Democratic Party by the Jennings Bryan Progressives. It makes fascinating reading.

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9 posted on 03/03/2003 5:36:55 AM PST by fporretto (Curmudgeon Emeritus, Palace of Reason)
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