President Hoover's address at MSG in NY, 1932

[drnachos]

Bitch you ain'nt got shit on my new deal

[gerjerry99]

are there any videos of him during his presidencies.

[nicodagger]

On one hand, he arguably saved more lives than any other invidual in modern times through his humanitarian efforts; on the other, he was the monster who had fellow Americans, WWI Vets, murdered for demanding their rights. So both a hero and a piece of shit.

[rmarkwallace]

His library in West Branch tip toes around his presidency and focuses on his life as an explorer and geologist.

[SuperSecretCows]

He talks like the Wizard of Oz holding his nose.

[1yearyounger]

hes was horrible, only liked the power of corporations

[SSArcher11]

Mr. Hoover was proof that a man can be great without being a successful president. As Sec. of Commerce he actually ran the dept. in the black.

He was a self-made man who masterminded humanitarian relief in Europe.

Very similar to fellow engineer Jimmy Carter.

[auroradawn23]

@SSArcher11 Yes, he helped organize a massive humanitarian effort in Europe during WWI and in Russia during a famine that followed the Revolution. At one point his organization, the ARA, was feeding 10 million people every day. Unfortunately, he was unwilling to organize a similar effort to help Americans during the Great Depression. He was stellar as a relief organizer, but a lousy president in more ways than one.

[bobbya16]

@SSArcher11 ....he was a piece of garbage that called in troops to fire upon WWI veterans that were only asking for the money they were promised....These were men that fought in the trenches in the worst conditions imaginable....some were killed, one of the killed was a veteran that survived the horrors of Belleau Wood...so in reality Mr Hoover was a piece of shit...

[RoosterCogburn1008]

@bobbya16 He didn't do that. He only ordered that they be removed. It was McArthur who shot them down, without orders to do so.

[bobbya16]

@RoosterCogburn1008 ...BULLSHIT! the story of McArthur acting against Hoover's orders was concocted so that it would not jeapordize the upcoming election.....and trust me, I am not in any way sticking up for McArthur as he also was a lowlfie pussy piece of shit as well....also the most over rated general in American history..

[RoosterCogburn1008]

@bobbya16 I'm sorry, but you're wrong. I'm not defending Hoover, but it was McArthur who acted without orders. Hoover had nothing to do with it.

[bobbya16]

@RoosterCogburn1008 ..lol...if you say so...its your world..

[RoosterCogburn1008]

@bobbya16 And everyone just lives in it :)

[njanovic1980]

@bobbya16 Do you have any documentation or other conclusive proof that Hoover ordered McArthur to do what he did?

[sandythebear]

lest we forget, hoover was destined for presidential greatness BEFORE the depression

[notredamehesamighty]

In his statements, Mr. Hoover says he wants an America where everyone can have economic and social freedom. But his policies didn't send us there. He could never reconcile his heart with his head.

[nikkokyaw]

sounds like in the soccer stadium

[drummer1965usa]

Exactly what Gomer7 said...Hoover would've made a great auctioneer. :)

[amario1985]

VERDAMMT! wegen ihn muss ich auf meine monetane schule :D

[gomer7]

He sounds like an auctioneer

[piggyfan2]

Herbert hoover didnt cause the great depression... It Was Warren Hardings Fault because warren had a corrupt adminastration

[bittergunowner12]

Harding and Coolidge were not personally corrupt, the cronies and party bosses in their cabinets were.

[tranurse]

harding knew he wasn't qualified to be president, he even said so. he also said his so called friends were bad.

[timbosforporn]

Same old democrats. They are calling for change even back then but we know what kind of change they want to embrace. Did you see how hoover differentiated between change and the kind of change that FDR wanted? This seems to suggest that democrats want a particular kind of change while republicans seem to oppose it. Now I wonder what kind of change they want that would seirously alter American society that has always embraced free enterprise, enjoyment of wealth, and propery rights?

[bensonrt]

Same old Democrats... who's CHANGE fixes what Republican screwed up...

Wilson after Taft, FDR after Hoover, Carter after Nixon/Ford, and Yes, Clinton after Bush the 1st....

Who's going clean up after BushCheny's monstrous MESS?

More of the Same with John McCain ?

"Mr. AutoPilot" ?

Time for another major course correction with the Democrats!

[gaguy1967]

Wilson was one of the worst Presidents ever

[bensonrt]

Are you an active member of the RNC's

"Re-Writing History Committee"

Or this a valiant but failed attempt to keep GW Bush from the bottom rung!

Wilson is the upper 1/3.... Washington, Jefferson, Linclon, FDR, Jackson, Madison, Monroe, TDR, Wilson, IKE, Truman, Kennedy,.....

Reagan & Grant rate the same.. ran sloppy Administrations & not engaged

Tell us more about the greatness of: Taft, Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, Bush 1, and Bush 2...

[gaguy1967]

Wilson was horrible cuz he got us in WW1. Imagine if WW1 had ended in stalemate instead of teh allies winning. Reagan was great, he cut taxes, restored american confidence, and defeated the USSR. Carter was horrible and we are still living with his Iran blunder in 1978-79

[bensonrt]

He was great President...

he kept us out of that war until it end up on our shores...

Then made the winning difference as the Western DEMOCRACIES were losing strength...

The Republicans of the time would left Europe to authoritarian monarchs or totalitarian Bolsheviks...

[gaguy1967]

If WW1 had ended in a stalemate probably WW2 wouldnt have happened

[tranurse]

well, you know the old joke, 'what caused ww2?' ww1

[AwfulVision]

World War 2 happened because the Treaty of Versailles was hugely unfair to the Central Powers, lead to the complete and utter collapse of the German economy and gave Hitler something to rally Germany against.

This would have happened if the US was involved or not. We had a VERY marginal role in WW1 as opposed to every war since then.

[AwfulVision]

Reagan sold arms to Iran to fund contras in South America and then "aw shucks"ed it away. He was a criminal and should have been impeached and thrown out of office.

Instead, he was an actor that was good at playing the part of a president, so he fooled a lot of people.

[gaguy1967]

Iran Contra was good policy but it was illegal. Iran and Iraq kept fighting one another and the contras brought free elections to Nicaragua. I am glad he did it and the American people didnt care

[youneedhead]

um this is herbert hoover he was a republican please know what you are talking about this man was the cause of the great depression.

[gaguy1967]

He didnt cause the depression, but deal with it effectively

[whizbang47]

Sounds like he's auctioning something off.

[Albukhshi]

why must Hoover bear the sins of Coolidge and Harding.. one must understand he was a conservative-hardcore one, like Mccain today..

[austenbosten]

Please don't compare Hoover, to McCain...McCain is NO Hoover!

[Albukhshi]

I'm not. I'm saying that he followed what the conservative politics of the day. Hoover believed the depression should be left to run its course, high tariffs, and prohibition. Mccain supports Tax cus for rich, the war in Iraq, and everything else conservatives do today. the point of the matter is that Hoover folloewd his conservative principles, and got the blame for it by doing so so. I wasn't comparing Hoover to Mccain, just their positions to eachother. I'm betting Mccain would be better.

[austenbosten]

Actually Hoover was the opposite, he did not follow the "lazy-unfair" politics of Harding and Coolidge, in fact, Hoover created a series of Public Works projects that would later be the foundation of FDR's "New Deal" the reason Hoover was despised so much, was because to Dems; He was a Republican to GOP's; He was a wild liberal. The man was not liked on both fronts.

[Albukhshi]

oh...I always gathered the opposite..well, I've been wrong before. thanks!

desclaimer:not sarcastic-Ican be wrong you know.

[gaguy1967]

Hoover was the most liberal President until that time

[AwfulVision]

Wrong. Teddy Roosevelt was.

It's funny to see Republicans still claiming Roosevelt as their own, when he was basically so liberal that he got kicked out of his own party in favor of the much more conservative Taft in 1912.

Roosevelt was pro-union, anti-monopoly and believed in a welfare state. He would be a Democrat if he were around today.

His own daughter, Alice, despite claiming herself as a Republican, voted mainly Democratic (mainly because she hated the post-Roosevelt Republicans).

[gaguy1967]

Teddy Roosevelt didnt actually do any of those things you listed.

[antiqueoutboarder]

wrong Roosevelt was "kicked out" because he said he wasn't going to run again. Guess what he decided to run again, but it was to late to take the republican ticket.

[xaviqaz]

@AwfulVision Today Democrats cannot claim any Democratic president before FDR

[kriswright]

@xaviqaz What, not even Woodrow Wilson? Do we at least get progressive Teddy Roosevelt in the deal?

[jbond5150]

@xaviqaz wilson passed anti trust legislation...

[billyguns2]

Too bad, Mr. Hoover that you didn't rise to the leadership abilities of your great predecessors Harding and Coolidge. "Historians" always rank you higher than they, but historical fact proves otherwise; you were completely out of your depth in the presidency, a complete failure, and you even allowed the Army veterans to be fired upon when they marched on Washington.