Comments on: Warren G. Harding by John W. Dean

By: fanerman

fanerman — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 23:55:51 +0000

I’ve always wondered… Was rapper Warren G aware of President Warren G. Harding when he chose his stage name?

By: bhsportsguy

bhsportsguy — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:01:16 +0000

My high school (like many) was called Harding High. It later became University High.

By: Tom Timmermann

Tom Timmermann — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 00:32:25 +0000

Brings me back to my high school history class where Dr. Hogle reached into his closet and pulled out two black and white 8 x 10s and asked us which one was Harding’s wife and which one was Harding’s mistress.

By: Michael Timmermann

Michael Timmermann — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 16:07:05 +0000

Sort of the Fred Thompson of his day. Except he actually got elected…

By: Rob McMillin

Rob McMillin — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 07:33:12 +0000

Of course, the irony was that, as a newspaperman, he couldn't write, and penned some of the most instantly forgettable duckspeak ever. Mencken called it "Gamalielese" (not exactly a direct link but close enough)...

By: Craig P

Craig P — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 07:22:15 +0000

“but those plans were interrupted when Roosevelt died in 1919.”
And yet some would argue that despite this setback, he still would have been a preferable president than Harding.

But never mind — interesting recap. I’ll skip the book but I learned a great deal from reading your summation.

By: Rob McMillin

Rob McMillin — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 07:15:41 +0000

Dean is almost sympathetic to one of the lesser lights to inhabit the White House.

You misspelled “infest”.