Calvin Coolidge vs. Ronald Reagan

[Kingpoleon]

Clevel Cal, though I disagree with his foreign policy, trade, and military views.

I would prefer Reagan's tenure as Governor to either's Presidency, though.

[Kingpoleon]

Clevel Cal, though I disagree with his foreign policy, trade, and military views.

I would prefer Reagan's tenure as Governor to either's Presidency, though.

IN that case, why support him over Reagan?

Because I don't agree with Reagan's record on foreign policy, social issues, or most economic issues during his Presidency. The main thing Reagan did right was Kennedy and O'Connor.

[Kingpoleon]

Reagan was better at playing the president, Coolidge was better at being the president.

The most popular Presidents are the best at acting and speaking. The best Presidents are the best at leading.

[Kingpoleon]

Coolidge sat back and let the Great Depression creep up on America. Reagan didn't. It's sad that the Great Depression has receded from memory or from being an important part of our nation's history. Next thing you know, Hoover will be viewed as an underrated President.

Maybe people are starting to use their brains and think that the Great Depression couldn't be attributed to a couple of Presidents' terms and aren't simply reguritating romanticized and painfully simplistic Democratic campaign ads from the '30s, '40s and '50s like these?



For being a forum full of people fascinated with the more in-depth aspects of politics, we should be cheering the death of "1920s Republicans caused the entire Great Depression, and FDR fixed it."

I'd argue that the five people most responsible for the Great Depression were Woodrow Wilson, Andrew Mellon, William Gibbs McAdoo, Warren P. G. Harding, and Carter Glass.

[Kingpoleon]

Blaming Kaiser Wilhelm II and Tsar Nicholas II for the Great Depression is... Interesting, to say the least.