Herbert Hoover

Here's one. "Any man who does not like dogs and want them about does not deserve to be in the White House." I was getting to him. In the mean time, Coolidge is your hero, eh? What's Trump's dog's name? He has so many other quotes that are excellent examples. But, I thought this one was too easy.

"It takes a Great Man to be a Good Listener." Cool Cal

Reagan was not a conservative. His economic policies were way to radical, and flawed too boot. A real conservative would not attempt to redistribute income from the middle class to the rich. They would leave that to the free market system. He was part of a movement of well heeled extremists who have hijacked the word conservative, because it gave them standing with racists and other single issue, populist groups who felt disenfranchised by popular liberalism. They formed a coalition based on the concept of "the enemy of my enemy is my friend." That is the only way an extremist as flawed as Donald Trump can be labeled a "conservative." I am sorry if this hits too close to home.

I just post their words, verbatim. I let the reader make up their minds about what the words mean. I had a long conversation with a friend who said that Coolidge made several lists of "racist," presidents. In the 1920s the KKK was trying to influence national politics. I think that the lack of a robust record of him opposing them, guides this conclusion. I provided him a paragraph from a letter to a Publisher who wanted Coolidge to speak out against a Black man running for Congress. I the letter, Coolidge notes the contributions of Black soldiers and in other ways makes it plain that he fully supported the concept of equal rights, as guaranteed by the constitution. Most "21st century," conservatives would have a tough time with Coolidge's position on race, as well as the value of material wealth. He did not support people like the current president, if you read much of what he said. He had strong beliefs and would be aghast with what passes for "conservative evangelism," these days. I suspect that you need to re-read the fable of the blind men and the elephant. You appear to have grabbed a tail and called it a rope.

After all of your responses to my Memes. I know a bit about what you think, but little of why. You state that Wilson "reconstituted the KKK from the White House." Yet you produce no facts that directly connect Wilson to the KKK. Overt racism was part of the political landscape of the era. Instead of hiding and only coming out at night to burn crosses in the red clay of Georgia, the Klan actually organized public parades in Northern cities. So, it should not be hard to find such a direct connection, if one existed. Although I am not accusing you, it is very popular among your peers to echo a quote from Rush or a similar extremist, accepting it as truth without verifying its assertion. It is very probably an extreme exaggeration of a fact. Wilson allowed his cabinet members to segregate their departments. That very probably emboldened Klansmen who controlled sizeable pockets of Democratic Party members at that time. That falls far short of reconstituting the KKK, which did not need such assistance at that time. But, truth be damned, the KKK quote plays better.