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    10 Reasons to Love 'Silent Cal'

    I suggest Amity Shlaes's Coolidge for further reading.

    10 Reasons to Love 'Silent Cal'

    10. He was a small government conservative, which is probably why he doesn’t get a lot of attention from historians, who lean overwhelmingly to the left of the political spectrum....

    9. Fought against racism. Silent Cal spoke out often against the chronic racism of the South and its party, the Democrats....

    8. A true constitutional federalist. Coolidge’s anti-lynching stance is all the more remarkable because he was, by and large, a man who sought to keep the federal government limited....

    7. Coolidge was quiet, and quite against Washington social life....

    6. Foreign policy. Republicans were elected back into the presidency after Woodrow Wilson’s disastrous campaign to make the republic into a world power. Part of the Republican platform called for the U.S. to stay out of the newly created League of Nations, and Coolidge did just that....

    5. Native Americans. Coolidge and other Republicans were not content with fighting anti-black racism and anti-Semitism....

    4. A team player. Coolidge did not like Herbert Hoover, but he refrained from publicly criticizing him. In an age where loyalty and cooperation are viewed as weaknesses, especially in the realm of politics, Coolidge’s team mentality was refreshing. ...

    3. Stepped down after one term. Unlike Franklin Roosevelt, who continued to seek the power of the presidency long after its burdens affected his health, Coolidge chose to look after himself and his family after his first full term in office, and refused to seek a second term....

    2. Immigration. At odds with the rest of his anti-racist administration, Coolidge’s immigration policy was his weakest link....

    1. Debt. Under the Coolidge administration, the federal debt was significantly reduced (by about one-quarter), even though the Republicans inherited a $22.3 billion deficit from the disaster that was World War I....
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    Coolidge truely understood the role of the federal government.
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    I think his image problem is in part that he did not preside over a Crisis period. The roaring 20's were a great time in America.
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    Quote Originally Posted by RMNIXON View Post
    I think his image problem is in part that he did not preside over a Crisis period. The roaring 20's were a great time in America.
    Right, and progressives love to blame him for the Great Depression.

    But he's the one that guided recovery from the depression of 1920-1921 in the aftermath of Wilson to prosperity.

    Now Hoover, he screwed up and FDR's saving grace was WWII. See Shlaes' The Forgotten Man.
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    Quote Originally Posted by RMNIXON View Post
    I think his image problem is in part that he did not preside over a Crisis period. The roaring 20's were a great time in America.
    ​It Wasn't a Roar; It Was a Bubble
    On the outside, trickling down on the Insiders

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Sage of Main Street View Post
    ​It Wasn't a Roar; It Was a Bubble
    And then that bubble burst!
    5 million died of BOREDOM during Coolidge term! LOL!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mini Me View Post
    And then that bubble burst!
    5 million died of BOREDOM during Coolidge term! LOL!
    Don't hate history dude.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Chris View Post
    I suggest Amity Shlaes's Coolidge for further reading.

    10 Reasons to Love 'Silent Cal'

    10. He was a small government conservative, which is probably why he doesn’t get a lot of attention from historians, who lean overwhelmingly to the left of the political spectrum....

    9. Fought against racism. Silent Cal spoke out often against the chronic racism of the South and its party, the Democrats....

    8. A true constitutional federalist. Coolidge’s anti-lynching stance is all the more remarkable because he was, by and large, a man who sought to keep the federal government limited....

    7. Coolidge was quiet, and quite against Washington social life....

    6. Foreign policy. Republicans were elected back into the presidency after Woodrow Wilson’s disastrous campaign to make the republic into a world power. Part of the Republican platform called for the U.S. to stay out of the newly created League of Nations, and Coolidge did just that....

    5. Native Americans. Coolidge and other Republicans were not content with fighting anti-black racism and anti-Semitism....

    4. A team player. Coolidge did not like Herbert Hoover, but he refrained from publicly criticizing him. In an age where loyalty and cooperation are viewed as weaknesses, especially in the realm of politics, Coolidge’s team mentality was refreshing. ...

    3. Stepped down after one term. Unlike Franklin Roosevelt, who continued to seek the power of the presidency long after its burdens affected his health, Coolidge chose to look after himself and his family after his first full term in office, and refused to seek a second term....

    2. Immigration. At odds with the rest of his anti-racist administration, Coolidge’s immigration policy was his weakest link....





    1. Debt. Under the Coolidge administration, the federal debt was significantly reduced (by about one-quarter), even though the Republicans inherited a $22.3 billion deficit from the disaster that was World War I....
    Coolidge did not succeed Wilson as President.

    He did not run in 1928,"I choose not to run." He thought he would be given the nomination as his due.
    This is amusing: He came back to the white House after church. His wife saked what the sermon was about. He told her it was about sin. She asked what the preacher said. He told her-"He was against it."
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    Quote Originally Posted by Captdon View Post
    Coolidge did not succeed Wilson as President.

    He did not run in 1928,"I choose not to run." He thought he would be given the nomination as his due.
    This is amusing: He came back to the white House after church. His wife saked what the sermon was about. He told her it was about sin. She asked what the preacher said. He told her-"He was against it."

    Right, Coolidge was VP to Harding and became President on Harding's death..
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    He also paved the way for Charles Curtis to become the first person of color to become VPOTUS.

    The D party has perpetrated a fraud with Kamala Harris.

    She was not the first VPOTUS of color, and isn't really even the first 'Kamala' Harris.
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