Opinions of Warren G. Harding?

[LBJ Revivalist]

Well, what do you make of President Harding?

[Phony Moderate]

FF, compared to most of the current Republican politicians.

[Antonio the Sixth]

One of the Presidents it's the hardest to have an opinion about. I'd still go with HP for doing nothing worth remembering.

Of course, OIDB is right too.

[LBJ Revivalist]

One of the Presidents it's the hardest to have an opinion about. I'd still go with HP for doing nothing worth remembering.

Of course, OIDB is right too.

What about solving the 1920-1921 Depression?
Or supporting anti-lynching laws?

[Antonio the Sixth]

One of the Presidents it's the hardest to have an opinion about. I'd still go with HP for doing nothing worth remembering.

Of course, OIDB is right too.

What about solving the 1920-1921 Depression?
Or supporting anti-lynching laws?

Well, the alternative option is that I know nothing about American history.

[tpfkaw]

Second best president in American history, after his successor.  Huge FF.

[Frink]

HP for the scandals. FF for the economy (although that FF should go to the Federal Reserve instead).

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

HP for the scandals. FF for the economy (although that FF should go to the Federal Reserve instead).

[Obnoxiously Slutty Girly Girl]

Outstanding...by the extremely low standards of U.S. presidents.

Harding-Coolidge 1920 was probably the best Republican ticket ever.

[feeblepizza]

Outstanding...by the extremely low standards of U.S. presidents.

Harding-Coolidge 1920 was probably the best Republican ticket ever.

I agree. Harding just invested too much trust in his appointees.

[Dr. Cynic]

Weak. Unable to control his advisors. Not the brightest bulb in the bunch, either. H.L. Mencken collected his mangling of English under what he termed "Gamalielese" for Harding's middle name.

[opebo]

Obviously horrible.

[Mechaman]

It sucks that he and Coolidge supported the heavy tariff, but hey: "it was a more simpler time!" as most people would say.

FF.

[Lief 🗽]

One of our worst presidents.

I find it hilarious, by the way, that people like Libertas, who are always calling Obama a corporatist fascist, love Harding, whose entire administration was run by and for the big corporations of the time. And let's not forget his administration's enforcement of prohibition. If I remember correctly, Libertas once called Minnesota fascist for outlawing salvia; surely Harding must then be a fascist for having his justice department enforce alcohol prohibition (unless the bootleggers gave them bribes, of course).

[Obnoxiously Slutty Girly Girl]

One of our worst presidents.

I find it hilarious, by the way, that people like Libertas, who are always calling Obama a corporatist fascist, love Harding, whose entire administration was run by and for the big corporations of the time. And let's not forget his administration's enforcement of prohibition. If I remember correctly, Libertas once called Minnesota fascist for outlawing salvia; surely Harding must then be a fascist for having his justice department enforce alcohol prohibition (unless the bootleggers gave them bribes, of course).

I call Barack Obama a corporatist fascist because he is a corporatist fascist.

Harding's policies, while perhaps more than a bit too Hamiltonian, were not fascistic. In fact the "return to normalcy" of the 1920s provided a sort of interregnum, the peaceful eye of the storm between the warmongering authoritarian administrations of Wilson and FDR.

As for Prohibition, that's hardly something that could be blamed on the Harding administration. A president cannot choose to arbitrarily disregard a properly-ratified amendment to the U.S. Constitution without becoming a petty tyrant. Although I know that wouldn't bother you too much given your hard-on for dictatorship...