10-21-2019, 11:35 PM
(10-20-2019, 11:53 AM)Rootilda Wrote: I'm sure no one here is interested in this sort of thing and to be honest, I usually don't watch this program but damn. Hoover was a very impressive human being and it's kind of tragic that the thing he's most remembered for is the great depression (thanks FDR, you asshole.)
That really was interesting Rootilda.
Herbert Hoover was a for-real (self-made) businessman, turned politician, who could and did negotiate deals for the greater good.
His brilliance didn't allow him to come up with effective solutions to solve the Great Depression, but he went down trying.
I've watched his great grand-daughter Margaret Hoover a few times on Firing Line. I like her alright; a conservative who also advocates for gay and civil rights. The two shouldn't be mutually exclusive, but they are increasingly so in today's political climate.
Anyway, I'm gonna get my hands on Kenneth Whyte's biography and give it a read when I get a chance.