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8. Isn't there a concerted effort on the right recently to lionize Coolidge as a great president?

Tue Feb 26, 2013, 10:19 AM

Feb 2013

But didn't Coolidge help sow the seeds that lead to the depression?

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If only FDR had not been the same as Herbert Hoover & Cal Coolidge. [View all] graham4anything Feb 2013 OP

K&R riqster Feb 2013 #1

Same crap as today: favoring bankers, pro-corporation Recursion Feb 2013 #5

Unemployment dropped 40% and GDP grew 8%+ per year in FDR's first term. MannyGoldstein Feb 2013 #6

One of us is incredibly misinformed about history. nt MannyGoldstein Feb 2013 #3

I know who it is! Capt. Obvious Feb 2013 #7