Comments on: William Howard Taft: An Intimate History by Judith Icke Anderson

By: Eric Enders

Eric Enders — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 22:29:02 +0000

“But the life of Willam Howard Taft teaches us one thing: if you want to be remembered by historians as president, don’t have your term fall in between those of two far more famous presidents.”

Will LBJ and Bush Sr. become exceptions to that rule, or do you think people will forget about them over time?

I’m one of the few Americans, apparently, who has bothered to visit the Taft House in Cincinnati. If I recall, the National Park Service stats show it to be among the least-visited national park properties in the nation, along with the ones in remote areas that don’t have roads leading to them.

By: Bob Timmermann

Bob Timmermann — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 02:53:23 +0000

The link is supposed to open a video from C-SPAN. You may not have the plug-in for it. It’s an earnest guy from the VA telling people that nearly everyone who goes to Arlington goes to see the Kennedy family grave.

By: das411

das411 — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 02:51:31 +0000

I’ve been to see the Taft grave at Arlington!! It is somewhat surprisingly taller than it is wide. And that’s about all there is today about it (except that i don’t think your photo link goes to anything)…

By: Mary

Mary — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 06:29:32 +0000

I love the Los Angeles Times’ endorsement:

“This kindly greeting to all we waft;
Get a move on you, and vote for Taft.”

-LAT, Nov. 3, 1908

By: chris

chris — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 05:52:20 +0000

“Almost nothing went write for Taft during the campaign”

I wasn’t going to bring it up but it seems to be appropriate given the first comment.

By: berkowit28

berkowit28 — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:41:04 +0000

(Dean of a university college, I should have said.)

By: berkowit28

berkowit28 — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 00:39:07 +0000

I’ve recently been corresponding with a Dean Dean. (Dean of a university department.) His first name is, alas, Tony. If he were American, not English, perhaps his parents might have been inspired to give him Dean also as a first name. Then he’d be Dean Dean Dean.

By: Jon Weisman

Jon Weisman — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 18:02:31 +0000

Very nice, Bob.

Arthur MacArthur? Archie Butt? Who created these character names? I’m surprised there’s no Major Major Major Major.

By: Bob Timmermann

Bob Timmermann — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:07:40 +0000

You should have seen that sentence before that. It was missing three words. I got it down to just one.

By: Rob McMillin

Rob McMillin — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:56:18 +0000

And she sensed that William Taft was someone who could bring up to the highest circles of power, even the White House. Bring what up to the highest circles of power? Someone she could bring up to the highest circles of power (i.e. she engineered his rise)? I suspect you meant "someone who could rise to...".