Harding was definitely the worst president of the 20th century. He anticipated Trump in the misuse of the English language for his own ends, which caused H.L. Mencken to dub his particular mode of communication "Gamalielise" (name derived from Harding's middle name, Gamaliel).
I was trying to figure out how to include "America First" as a campaign slogan Harding used, but I never took enough time to do it properly, so I left it out.
You're right, we really do keep repeating and allowing the same mistakes... I didn't realize that the situation we're in now had actually happened before. Thanks for your always informative and entertaining articles!
Harding was definitely the worst president of the 20th century. He anticipated Trump in the misuse of the English language for his own ends, which caused H.L. Mencken to dub his particular mode of communication "Gamalielise" (name derived from Harding's middle name, Gamaliel).
I was trying to figure out how to include "America First" as a campaign slogan Harding used, but I never took enough time to do it properly, so I left it out.
You're right, we really do keep repeating and allowing the same mistakes... I didn't realize that the situation we're in now had actually happened before. Thanks for your always informative and entertaining articles!
One of Harding's campaign slogans was America First.
We haven't invented anything since Coca Cola.