I work for the CIA and have it on good authority that in many of his philanthropy cases, he made the disadvantaged party have sex with him before he would provide aide. In his years in the White House, he was a pedophile clown rape-ass. That is, he would sometimes--usually on vacations--dress up as a clown and lure carnival children in the darkness
[Part I] Yes, as you would expect, we have a lot of freaky shit on J. Edgar as well.He was pretty good at covering his tracks (as depicted in the recent film) but we still know some interesting facts that you won't find in any history book.He was friends with Albert Fish at one point.The political right have an extensive history of burying secrets.
[Part II] One of my fav cases is Nixon. He also crossdressed, & he doesn't make a very pretty chik.On his "bad nights" he got loaded on booze & pills, dressed up like a woman and stripped in front of his whole staff. And yes, he had a thing with Kissinger
@BloatingBill Reallly? Nixon? Wow...would love to see proof. LOLOL Never heard that one but hey, what the hell. Sounds about right. But don't forget- the Repubs are the party of high morals :P LOL
I saw a tape of one of these Nixon freakouts a long time ago. Talk about youtube-worthy. I really wish we could bring it to public view, at least the transcripts, but the political right look out for each other, and it's very difficult. They make a religion out of covering their asses. My advice to the average American is not to listen to all the spin. Just go with your gut, do your own thing. The world is not your friend
@BloatingBill Would love to see that Nixon tape. LOL The political right are in such a mess right now its pathetic. The party of morals has people running for president that are without morals. Herman Cain and Newt have no morals at all. Yet they support them. Here is President Obama with a nice family, no scandal and to them he is the devil. Why? Because Fox, Rush, Glenn Beck tell them he is. They can't think for themselves.
I definitely support what you're saying. I will be voting for Obama again.
As for the Nixon tape, I certainly can't guarantee that it'll ever be released to the public, but at least by a twist of fate you were made aware of its existence. I tell everyone I can about it and other things I've learned, which is the most I can do. 9/11 is another champion issue of mine, but I'm sure you already know it was an inside job
@BloatingBill@BloatingBill Repubs can give so many reasons why not to vote for Obama. However, they would be liars if they can not see the difference between the hell we were going into during W's last year in office with people losing homes, a near depression, high unemployment, to how much better things are now. They are not great, but at least we're not in a depression. Tell that to them. Also mention that Obama has caught more high ranking terrorist than Bush. Get me heated up!!
Hidden in the election of 1928 was prejudice against a Catholic candidate for president -- Alfred E Smith, although circumstances favored another Republican administration. Ironically, in the election of 2004, more Catholics voted against the Catholic candidate than voted for John Kerry. So, what does voting one's conscience mean?
Sarah Palin would do better as President than highly educated morons like Obama and Hoover. Sometimes wonder if people confuse smarts with ability to lead.
Hoover was a guy blacklisted for telling us to do what worked for him. So why didn't it work for us? I dunno, maybe we were already rooted in laziness and corruption, or maybe something that works for me won't work for you. Either way, he could've been great, but the circumstances denied him his pedestal.
@UncleMikeNJ Hoover was a progressive Republican, a far cry from his predecessor, Calvin Coolidge. FDR was close to Hoover, politically, and adopted most of Hoover's socialist "remedies" that extended the Great Depression. Obama is doing much the same thing, except Obama is highly corrupt -- instead of removing capital from the public sector (tax dollars) to spend on government programs, he's spending it to pay off his union cronies and allies.
too bad this is the same FOOL who signed the Smoot Hawley Tariff act that raised prices for good and services for Americans 60%, DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION! This guy must have been related to Ross Perot, another dumb republican IDIOT. But as usual it takes a DEMOCRATIC President like FDR to fix a RepubliCON's MESS
@jaroncreed That's funny that you say that FDR got us out of the depression besides the fact that Hoover's RFC made more money than any of FDR's new deal programs and it was WWII that got us out of the depression. The Smoot Hawley Tarrif wasn't that bad either, and I agree it didn't work becuase other nations just increased their exports due to the Tarrif but it wasn't enough to ruin his presidency. FDR was an okay President in my eyes but so was Hoover.
@MrColeknows I don't know. But Obama is a perfect example of a president who doesn't do shit except play golf and always going on private outings with his family during an recession, massive unemployment and high gasoline prices. Why this past Saturday he was in Williamsburg, VA with his family for one day. It's a good thing he didn't go there on the weekend of April 23-24, because that's when I was supposed to to Williamsburg for my birthday.
@MIKESOWELL At least Bush loves his country which is more than what can be said about this current president. But I'm afraid Obama is gong to be reelected because these Republican candidates don't seem to measure up. There hasn't been a good president since Ronald Reagan left office 22 years ago.
@67nairb I don't think that Obama hates his country, but I do think he's an arrogant self centered son of a bitch who only cares about himself and his legacy. But the sad thing is, in the current field of candidates, he is the best alternative. I would have considered Huckabee, but since he announced he isn't running I have to go with Obama.
People say that George W. Bush is the worst, but I have to nominate Herbert Hoover for the position. Totally contradicted his "progressive" stance while part of the White House cabinet during the Harding and Coolidge administration, promised to fix the remaining economic issues when taking office then doing absolutely nothing about it during the Great Depression, tried to tell everyone it was okay when the situation was deteriorating, and ignored popular protest. This was why people hate him.
It's funny how people ALWAYS blame the president for the economy, when in reality the president has very little control over the economy. Congress and the Federal Reserve have far more power than the president.
@GiveMetheNoise Wow that shows your illogic. In fact the economy remained bad under FDR. It didnt start to recover until World War 2 when we entered. The New Deal was actually a failure. Hoover was not a Bad President. He was actually a Great Public servant who got hit with a problem as soon as he walked in. The economic Bubble of the 20's bursted. It was inevitable. Hoover's mistake was that he didnt show as much passion as he could have.....Now Jimmy Carter, THATs a bad president
@williwo okay so what i was wrong, you dont have to flip your shit, calm down, still thanks for the info in yours respons i actually used it in my school project
@GiveMetheNoise Its alright, I'm not mad....I just wanted to address a common misconception. It just really irks me when people dog Hoover and give all the credit to FDR. Its just not the truth. Hoover is one of the best modern public servants America has ever had. His record is right there to see. Yet people often just want to look at the Depression in the early 30s...something not of his doing. Anyway ...glad I was of assistance on your project...thats cool
@mazda6tuner99 he was secretary of the commerce and he was a war time advisor to woodrow wilson because he helped many countries in Europe before, during and after the world war II.
@mazda6tuner99 Yes, but they were all Civil Service appointments. The only elected office he held before the presidency was Class Treasurer at Stanford
Hahah My class watched this in history at first it was just boing then it got to the end and the class erupted in laughter xD His face at the end... Fail of a smile.
A recession is a long period of economic decline. The GDP has been rising for over half a year, so far, so logically, the country is not in recession. It is in recovery.
@catclaw357 my bad i was wrong, dont got to get mad about it, you tottaly got pissed over nothing. but hey if you gotta curse at people online to make yourself feel better go ahead.
@GiveMetheNoise I wasn't cursing at you, I was cursing at Herbert Hoover. I don't curse at people to make myself feel better, and I didn't mean to offend you, I just get so mad at him. If did I'm sorry and that was not my intention.
@GiveMetheNoise I wasn't cursing at you, I was cursing at Herbert Hoover. I don't curse at people to make myself feel better, I just get so mad at him, and I did not mean to offend you. If did then, I'm sorry and that was not my intention.
@catclaw357 He wasnt a piece of shit though, and its irresponsible to call him that. He wasnt a Clown like Jimmy Carter. If you read his biography he was a great and commited public servant who had the misfortune of entering office in 1929. It was bound to happen WHOEVER came into office. If FDR came in 1929, it still would have happened. Hoover is like John Adams and Ulysess Grant....a bad luck Presidency, but besides that an INCREDIBLE record
@williwo No, he was a piece of shit, he said openly that he had no plans to put the great depression to an end. He said that it wasn't his problem, and he thought that it wasn't the president's place to fix the economy. And Carter wasn't bad, he was just O.K..
@catclaw357 You saying Carter was "OK" automatically disqualifies your credibility. He was so bad, he got attacked by a swimming Rabbit! Also I want you to find me where Hoover said he had no plans to put the Depression to an end. I want to interpret that for myself. I dont trust ANYONE who actually thinks Jimmy Carter was an OK President. Hes the worst of the worst.
@catclaw357 Hoover had a STRONG record of public service before and after his Presidency. And in terms of corruption, he comes out quite clean compared to most....such as our current President. The ONLY major stain on his legacy is the Great Depression, which wasn't even his fault. Hoover was a victim of bad timing, and suffered the same fate any other man elected in 1928 would have. It was BOUND to happen. Now Carter....thats a real piece of Crapper right there.
@catclaw357 Also, Hoover was a great Humanitarian unlike the Fake Jimmy Carter. In World War 1 Hoover helped with thousands of shipments to help feed war veterans and the injured. He also had a strong record throughout his life of food distribution. he DID try to combat the Depression through volunteer. And he also Believed that Blacks should receive high educations and be incorporated into White culture. Piece of Shit my ass. I encourage you to read more about him. hes better than u think
@cdwlol He allowed the funds for the construction of it in order to create jobs, but it was only because he was extremely pressured by the congress to do so.
'last american president', i couldn't agree more. hoover's ideas require further examination and evaluation, i tend to think that his judgment remained patriotic and untarnished.
@Vebinz You're trying to imply Roosevelt was an emperor? Are you kidding me? The USA's military bulk during the world wars was insignificant. The bulk of their contribution was through finance and weaponary. So no, Roosevelt was not an emperor, dumbass. And he didn't have an empire, either, so it cancels him out.
Roosevelt is the start of the post-war American Empire, his military build-up and build-up of both govt. powers and war industry was the foundation of what we have today.
@Vebinz Are you listening to me, fucktard? There has never been an American empire, because the USA has never owned an external country! Do you know what an empire is? It is when one country expands it's territories and overthrows other countries. Roosevelt did not have control over external countries, therefore he is not an emperor. Dumbass!
No, an empire is not just direct control over foreign lands. Read history. At many times in their history the ancient Egyptians had an empire, but most of it was not directly controlled, rather it was vassal states paying himage to it and supporting its policies. Same thing with the Assyrian Empire. The various Banana Republics ta US installed in Central America in the early 20th century are another example.
@Vebinz Definition of an empire: "A political unit having an extensive territory or comprising a number of territories or nations and ruled by a single supreme authority."
The USA has never taken territory from an external country, therefore it has never had an empire.
Well, I guess all those Bronze Age and early Iron Age empires I've read about all my life, Egyptian, Hittite, Assyrian, Akkadian, etc..., we all just figments of my imagination then.
@dunmer2001 Bullshit, that is not an empire. I'll give you an example of an empire- the Russian empire. Or even the British empire. We owned 1/4 of the planet before WW2.
PS. Don't talk about Obama like that, he's not a liberal. Hate him for what he is, not for something he isn't. Obama is not a liberal, he's not even left wing. He's center right.
@ToaJoe na dude hes center left. a center right wouldnt have made a 10 dollar bail out, much less the one we had. hes no liberal, but he sure as hell isnt a right wing
@IKIndaLoveScreamo 'Nah dude', he's center right. Why? Because he believes in the death penalty, for instance. I really hate it when people like you call American politicians Liberal or socialist, because there ARE NO mainstream liberal politicians in America. You act as if you know what it means.
Why the heck all american politicians from the 1st half of the 20th century sound the same? There's almost no difference between this guy's and Roosevelt's voice.
Herbert Hoover, during prohibition, was so upset with the public for continuing to consume alcohol, that he poisoned stock piles of vodka with formaldehyde and cyanide. And all because he wanted to promote public welfare and save individuals from the "evils" of liquor. It's estimated that it killed 40,000 people.
Hoover actually didn't try to end spending. He just didn't spend nearly enough, just like Roosevelt did until World War II. He tried tax cuts, which only created a deficit and had to be repealed.
He should have enacted massive government spending like the current government. Have you noticed that this is a time where a major recession has actually stopped and reversed in a short year-long period or so?
@nafaidni You're shitting me.You think the recession has fucking reversed itself?This is why the democrats will be butchered in 2010 praised be to fucking God.
Mr. Hoover's life was quite inspirational and his talents helped to feed the world and stave off starvation for millions. His economic policies as President were truly horrific. Good man. Bad president.
Bush was Great in the middle years. But trying to please democrats in the first year and using progressive tactics to get us out of the recession in the end made him a bad president.
Ahh,, the old regulation arguments or lack thereof. Im sure some regulations will stop greed, corruption, speculation etc. There have been prosperous times in this country, recessions, depressions etc for over 200 years now. Regualting banks, wall street etc wont prevent problems in the future no matter how much you think they will.
The Black Monday wasn't his fault either. It was the fault of the natural course of capitalism only to re-correct itself IF the damn Government does not get it's dirty hands in the mess. The Government in this current economic crisis is not the solution, the Government IS the problem. Can't people believe in themselves instead of the government?
excuse me the latest foreclosures mess was caused by de regulation since reagan.the banks gave anyone and everyone a loan because money was made on the deal.
You sir are a moron. That type of 'natural market correction' you speak of was and remains entirely avoidable. And yes, people do need supervision by the government, because people are fallible and sometimes make bad decisions.
People like you are so concerned about surrendering your rights and freedoms to the government, but seem to have no problem with surrendering them to the vagaries of the market, which can be as tyrranical as any dictator.
The Great Depression was NOT Herbert Hoover's fault. The reason everyone hates him is because they think he didn't do anything. He did the republican thing and opened soup kitchens and put up projects to open jobs. He also donated his salary to charity.
What he didn't do was put in a good word for himself that he was trying to make the depression easier for everyone. He didn't stand up for himself, and as a result, was bullied by the (many) poor Americans for it.
He didn't do nearly enough. Roosevelt pragmatically recognised what was needed, instead of clinging to the ridiculous ideology of atomistic laissez-faire.
And President Hoover was the scape goat for the whole mess. Why do you think Coolidge didn't run for a second term? FDR's administration took Hoovers plans of the Emergency Relief and Construction Act and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. FDR used it for the New Deal. So poor Hoover endured all of this. He was a great man, and was still involved in politics even after he left office.
I'm afraid one can't make a very good case for Hoover's presidency; unlike his freedom loving predecessors Harding and Coolidge, Hoover was no friend of liberty: he ordered the Army to fire upon and brutally beat the soldiers who wanted to be paid for their service; he ordered that taxpayers receiving refunds names be published; closed foreign trade; and deepened the depression with his meddling. I fail to understand FDR's "great" ranking; he presided over eight years of economic ruin.
FDR presided over 8 years of economic ruin, followed by 4 years of a full command economy with wartime rationing and basic goods being unavailable. Throughout his entire presidency we were in a depression, and recovery did not come until 1946.
Once again, you speak the truth. Historians would have us believe that our entry into WW II saved the economy, but my grandparents told a different story; they even grew their own food and had to go without basic necessities for long stretches of time. Some recovery! How does FDR get his reputation? He was a brave man personally, but his record as president?
Nonsense. The depression was the fault of ridiculously unregulated capitalism. Why do you think all market outcomes are, by definition, just? So much is arbitrary, and an individual's economic circumstances are often entirely outside of their control.
I don't claim that Hoover was some sort of bogeyman, but he was misguided on economic issues. It was only due to FDR's policies that there still exists a United States of America.
Government control leads to outcomes that are even more arbitrary than what the market would do.
When you say that the Depression was caused by unregulated capitalism, you completely ignore the role of the Federal Reserve's monetary policy from 1922-28. The unbacked money supply increased by about 60%, no wonder the stock market was so inflated.
And to say that FDR saved the existence of our country is fanciful nonsense. He was even worse than Hoover, and the Depression outlasted his life.
I didn't actually argue for 'government control', but some government intervention in the economy beyond merely the enforcement of contracts is vital to ensure outcomes that at least provide a modicum of justice.
As for the federal reserve's policies contributing to the stock market bubble, I would agree that it played a part. The Depression was caused by a whole range of different factors, but that doesn't change the fact that the underlying free market system was ultimately responsible.
@Justgetout , wrong. By the late mid 1930s, GNP, which had been declining, suddenly reversed & started growing. In 1937 and 1938, GNP was growing at record levels (14% and more, which is unheard of), and the unemployment rate finally started to fall. WWII then escalated the recovery that was already happening. GNP soared, and unemployment rates fell to some of the lowest levels in the history of the U.S. Presidential historians consistently rank FDR #1 president in history, for good reason.
Perhaps you don't know this, but there was no television in 1928. Hoover was making eye contact with his audience physically before him as he spoke (to his left), while simultaneously posturing towards the news reel camera (towards the right) for recorded posterity and also to be distributed nationally in "talkie" news reels to be played as the preamble or during intermission in movie theater houses.
That is not true. From a historian's perspective, Mr. Hoover did everything that his predecessors would have done to stave off a depression; these efforts merely pale in comparison to the program Roosevelt implimented - which were to that time radical, however necessary.
The idea that Hoover "made" the depression "so much worse" has all the nuance of a grade-school history text.
Actually Hoover did much more than what his predecessors would have done, and what he did made the turned the recession into the Great Depression.
Warren Harding dealt with a serious recession----however he did not intervene and all he did was cut taxes and spending, and by 1922 the economy had a very strong recovery.
You are 100% correct; thank you for speaking the truth. FDR made things ever worse, making the Depression last another eight years! Yet historians blame Hoover and praise FDR, both for the wrong reasons.
You know if you want to connect with your audience while speaking learn from his example but looking directly into the camera not looking away. I'm not sure I could vote for the man seeing that!
Hoover's speech delivery reminds me of football anouncer Pat Summeral calling a football game. I love Youtube because I could watch almost anything that was ever put on film or video. I hope the new owners of Youtube (Google) leave Youtube as it is.
Interesting his call for people to listen to their "conscience" when voting. His opponent, Al Smith, was a roman catholic in an era when people were heavily prejudiced against catholics.
Hoover's little conscience remark seems like a subtle reminder that Smith was somehow morally unacceptable to the voters. I could be reading too much into it though.
Hoover is much maligned but actually did the only sensible thing from 1929 to 1933. He let the economy bottom and recover on it's own accord. FDR is mistakenly given credit for resurrecting the nation but in reality he merely got elected at the opportune time - the bottom of the bear market.
Actually, Hoover believed in "laissez-faire", letting things run their own course. It was only until Roosevelt came up with the "new deal" which involved relief to the unemployed (Which was about 23.6 of Americas population), reformation of businesses and recovery of the economy. So techniquely Roosevelt done everything that Hoover did not.
The New Deal was a failure. It wasn't until the U.S. became involved in the war that it recovered from the Depression. I believe the unemployment rate remained at 15%-30% from he beginning of Roosevelt's administration until 1941.
Unemployment improved considerably under Roosevelt's first two administrations. Between 6 and 10 percent, in fact. Also, the programs he established, like Social Security and Unemployment Benefits, stabilized a country in freefall. Not a failure.
The unemployment rate may have improved the first few years but it fluctuated and dipped to its highest rate at 25% during the Roosevelt administration in 1933. I was wrong, however, in saying it was a failure. It did provide better stabalization for the future nation, but did not end the depression. Roosevelt effectively expanded the role of government. But is that a good thing?
FDR became president in 1933. So, the unemployment rate that year could either be attributed to him or Hoover, but it is likely that Hoover caused the spike, and Roosevelt's plans had not yet had their effect.
A larger government is good if we can pay for it. A balanced budget determines whether or not government is too big or too small. If we're fiscally responsible, then the size of the government is not as important as choosing the services it should provide.
ACTUALLY: Hoover WAS NOT "laissez-faire". Commerce Secty, pro-regulation. As President created the Ant-Trust div of the Justice dept, approved fed loans for low inc housing (pre-fannie&freddie), proposed child health care & national education, federal pension (preSoc.Sec) for over 65, increased tariffs, pushed major Farm subsidy, increased IRS power, and grabbed millions of acres of land for the Federal gov. HE SUCKED. for the same reasons FDR, Hitler, and Lenin SUCKED, and Bush & Obama SUCK.
Plain goofy. None of these measures came anywhere near the extremes that the big government pimps took starting from FDR.
Tariffs by the way are not anti "laissez-faire". Tariffs simply delineate the free market as one's own nation. We don't really want the whole entire world to become strong, only our nation. Unless you an undergrad whose susceptible mind was really done in with that comparative advantage nonsense.
Subtle political terms. I don't except the textbook version of history that he did little to try to help the economy. He made many interventionist moves that we now see today, mostly in our monetary system. It's like looking at two quarters that are exactly the same, but picking one up because the other one smells funky.
Actually, he did initiate a great amount of government intervention. Don't believe me? Just ask FDR, who attacked his economic meddling, and promised to free the markets. FDR won, and then intervened to a heavier extent, then claimed himself as the "savior".
Yeah, he did do some things BUT, his problem was that he could not take control of his own government, like FDR did! He generally tried calming the public down by saying that the banks and industry and economy would boom again, but not really doing anything in return to fix the economy. BTW- I don't ever remember or hearing FDR proclaiming himself as the "savior"
The country didn't level out of the depression for over 25 years. Roosevelt prolonged the Depression just like Hoover helped create it.
Hoover even argued with his laissez-faire treasury secretary Andrew Mellon. Hoover and FDR were both statist socialists who used government to prolong the great depression and literally destroy the economy's ability to correct itself.
LOL, I was thinking the same thing when I saw your name on this vid. I am currently working on a Herbert Hoover vid as we speak. It is filled with information and I hope you will take the time to view it when I am finished. I am pressed for time but hope to have it up sometime tonight or tomorrow. TTYL!
I been meaning to ask you this as well was Lincoln wrong to force the confederate states to stay apart of the union or was he 100% right or in the middle?
I am creating a video describing the multiple government interventionist movements Hoover made. Roosevelt's runningmate, John Nance Garner, even stated he believed the republican party was taking the country down the path of socialism.
Ok, in some ways, FDR made it costly for 25 years--but a Depression did not last that long. How would we be in a Great Depression, PAST WW2? We got out of it by mobilizing our economy and putting people to work in industrial jobs. the unelmployment rate went way down when we were in war and it stayed that way even after it.
Instead of writing 5 500 letter responses I am going to ask you to research this on your own. Google Great depression CATO or Great Depression Mises. There will be thousands of articles explaining exactly what I am talking about. Your whole world outlook is about to change, I used to think the exact same way you did 4 years ago...
Seriously, take the time to better the world around you by first researching the Ludwig von Mises Institute and the CATO Institute....you will be amazed!
If you understood your Keynesian economics, you would know that in fact, prosperity often needs to be restored by "raids upon the public Treasury". Deficit spending is an important tool for government to use in a recession. If Hoover had recognised that, much of the pain of the Depression could have been alleviated.
In 1932 total receipts were 1,924 million dollars and outlays were 4,659 million dollars. More than the double. Where was the fiscal conservatism and the austerity??
Actually, if you learn your history, Hoover was a progressive republican who used stimulus packages and socialist techniques just as Obama is doing now. Guess what in 1920, when we had our first depression we got out of it with government and spending restrictions.
Herbert Hoover(R) 21,392,190 Popular Votes 58.2% 444 Electoral Votes 40 states won Alfred E. Smith(D) 15,016,443 Popular Votes 40.9% 87 Electoral Votes 8 states won- A Landslide
Yeah I believe that Coolidge's policies, plus having Andrew Mellon, one of the richest men in the world, left him in the dark about ominous financial forecasts.
It was one of our history's greatest ironies that a man who built his reputation on humanitarian activities later bore the blame for the Great Depression, an event that happened just seven months after he took office. Calvin Coolidge, on the other hand,escaped in time. Too bad Herbert Hoover was not that lucky.
I work for the CIA and have it on good authority that in many of his philanthropy cases, he made the disadvantaged party have sex with him before he would provide aide. In his years in the White House, he was a pedophile clown rape-ass. That is, he would sometimes--usually on vacations--dress up as a clown and lure carnival children in the darkness
BloatingBill 2 months ago
@BloatingBill wow who knew
norfolkjph 2 months ago
@BloatingBill Thats J. Edgar Hoover...........
dannyd1572 2 months ago
[Part I] Yes, as you would expect, we have a lot of freaky shit on J. Edgar as well.He was pretty good at covering his tracks (as depicted in the recent film) but we still know some interesting facts that you won't find in any history book.He was friends with Albert Fish at one point.The political right have an extensive history of burying secrets.
BloatingBill 2 months ago
[Part II] One of my fav cases is Nixon. He also crossdressed, & he doesn't make a very pretty chik.On his "bad nights" he got loaded on booze & pills, dressed up like a woman and stripped in front of his whole staff. And yes, he had a thing with Kissinger
BloatingBill 2 months ago
@BloatingBill Reallly? Nixon? Wow...would love to see proof. LOLOL Never heard that one but hey, what the hell. Sounds about right. But don't forget- the Repubs are the party of high morals :P LOL
dannyd1572 2 months ago
I saw a tape of one of these Nixon freakouts a long time ago. Talk about youtube-worthy. I really wish we could bring it to public view, at least the transcripts, but the political right look out for each other, and it's very difficult. They make a religion out of covering their asses. My advice to the average American is not to listen to all the spin. Just go with your gut, do your own thing. The world is not your friend
BloatingBill 2 months ago
@BloatingBill Would love to see that Nixon tape. LOL The political right are in such a mess right now its pathetic. The party of morals has people running for president that are without morals. Herman Cain and Newt have no morals at all. Yet they support them. Here is President Obama with a nice family, no scandal and to them he is the devil. Why? Because Fox, Rush, Glenn Beck tell them he is. They can't think for themselves.
dannyd1572 2 months ago
I definitely support what you're saying. I will be voting for Obama again.
As for the Nixon tape, I certainly can't guarantee that it'll ever be released to the public, but at least by a twist of fate you were made aware of its existence. I tell everyone I can about it and other things I've learned, which is the most I can do. 9/11 is another champion issue of mine, but I'm sure you already know it was an inside job
BloatingBill 2 months ago
@BloatingBill @BloatingBill Repubs can give so many reasons why not to vote for Obama. However, they would be liars if they can not see the difference between the hell we were going into during W's last year in office with people losing homes, a near depression, high unemployment, to how much better things are now. They are not great, but at least we're not in a depression. Tell that to them. Also mention that Obama has caught more high ranking terrorist than Bush. Get me heated up!!
dannyd1572 2 months ago
@dannyd1572 Amen!
BloatingBill 1 month ago
@UncleMikeNJ Yep, Hoover was a bleeding-heart liberal on fiscal issues. But he was plenty Conservative on social issues.
Sistarovat 2 months ago
Hidden in the election of 1928 was prejudice against a Catholic candidate for president -- Alfred E Smith, although circumstances favored another Republican administration. Ironically, in the election of 2004, more Catholics voted against the Catholic candidate than voted for John Kerry. So, what does voting one's conscience mean?
BuddyNovinski 3 months ago
Sarah Palin would do better as President than highly educated morons like Obama and Hoover. Sometimes wonder if people confuse smarts with ability to lead.
MickeyMorandini1 4 months ago
@MickeyMorandini1 highly educated?
JamesMarshallJohansn 3 months ago
Herbert Hoover was a major beast pres. much better than FDR.
thecocoabeans1 6 months ago
@thecocoabeans1 You made me chuckle. THANK YOU.
jd55192 5 months ago
Hoover was a guy blacklisted for telling us to do what worked for him. So why didn't it work for us? I dunno, maybe we were already rooted in laziness and corruption, or maybe something that works for me won't work for you. Either way, he could've been great, but the circumstances denied him his pedestal.
RyanKaufman 6 months ago
I like Hoover because he was a self made man and great american from Iowa.
strangerinwhite 7 months ago
Well he couldn't suck up your problems...
TheRunningSam 7 months ago
@UncleMikeNJ Hoover was a progressive Republican, a far cry from his predecessor, Calvin Coolidge. FDR was close to Hoover, politically, and adopted most of Hoover's socialist "remedies" that extended the Great Depression. Obama is doing much the same thing, except Obama is highly corrupt -- instead of removing capital from the public sector (tax dollars) to spend on government programs, he's spending it to pay off his union cronies and allies.
aardvark1111 7 months ago
If Hoover were around today, the Republicans would call him a bleeding-heart socialist. That's how far to the right his party has moved.
UncleMikeNJ 8 months ago
i hate fdr hes nothing more than sleazeball who makes pretty speachs now hoover he gets things
alcaponefan1 8 months ago
too bad this is the same FOOL who signed the Smoot Hawley Tariff act that raised prices for good and services for Americans 60%, DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION! This guy must have been related to Ross Perot, another dumb republican IDIOT. But as usual it takes a DEMOCRATIC President like FDR to fix a RepubliCON's MESS
jaroncreed 8 months ago
@jaroncreed That's funny that you say that FDR got us out of the depression besides the fact that Hoover's RFC made more money than any of FDR's new deal programs and it was WWII that got us out of the depression. The Smoot Hawley Tarrif wasn't that bad either, and I agree it didn't work becuase other nations just increased their exports due to the Tarrif but it wasn't enough to ruin his presidency. FDR was an okay President in my eyes but so was Hoover.
Bluhblam 8 months ago
republicans...they make epic speeches but are total morons.
Now democrats...they'll get you through your problems. FDR FTW!!
MrColeknows 10 months ago
@MrColeknows Well this present democratic president has turned out to be total moron.
67nairb 9 months ago
@67nairb true. How come most of our current presidents don't do shit?
MrColeknows 9 months ago
@MrColeknows I don't know. But Obama is a perfect example of a president who doesn't do shit except play golf and always going on private outings with his family during an recession, massive unemployment and high gasoline prices. Why this past Saturday he was in Williamsburg, VA with his family for one day. It's a good thing he didn't go there on the weekend of April 23-24, because that's when I was supposed to to Williamsburg for my birthday.
67nairb 9 months ago
@67nairb Bush did the same shit.
MIKESOWELL 8 months ago
@MIKESOWELL At least Bush loves his country which is more than what can be said about this current president. But I'm afraid Obama is gong to be reelected because these Republican candidates don't seem to measure up. There hasn't been a good president since Ronald Reagan left office 22 years ago.
67nairb 8 months ago
@67nairb I don't think that Obama hates his country, but I do think he's an arrogant self centered son of a bitch who only cares about himself and his legacy. But the sad thing is, in the current field of candidates, he is the best alternative. I would have considered Huckabee, but since he announced he isn't running I have to go with Obama.
MIKESOWELL 8 months ago
@MIKESOWELL Mike Huckabee got into trouble when he let a convict out of jail when he was the govenor of Arkansas and he killed someone again.
67nairb 8 months ago
@67nairb Even if he did go to Harvard.
67nairb 8 months ago
hoover you ae the greatest president obama is nothing but a gay ass liberal compared to you you the man hoover
dunmer2001 11 months ago
People say that George W. Bush is the worst, but I have to nominate Herbert Hoover for the position. Totally contradicted his "progressive" stance while part of the White House cabinet during the Harding and Coolidge administration, promised to fix the remaining economic issues when taking office then doing absolutely nothing about it during the Great Depression, tried to tell everyone it was okay when the situation was deteriorating, and ignored popular protest. This was why people hate him.
Limelight760 11 months ago
no remix?
marlboroman1985 1 year ago
why did everyone have the exact same voice back then??
philberz 1 year ago
It's funny how people ALWAYS blame the president for the economy, when in reality the president has very little control over the economy. Congress and the Federal Reserve have far more power than the president.
pqwilrj 1 year ago
@pqwilrj his idea to solve the great depression was to do nothing. He was a bad president. if FDR hadnt swooped in THE united states would be fucked
GiveMetheNoise 1 year ago
@GiveMetheNoise Wow that shows your illogic. In fact the economy remained bad under FDR. It didnt start to recover until World War 2 when we entered. The New Deal was actually a failure. Hoover was not a Bad President. He was actually a Great Public servant who got hit with a problem as soon as he walked in. The economic Bubble of the 20's bursted. It was inevitable. Hoover's mistake was that he didnt show as much passion as he could have.....Now Jimmy Carter, THATs a bad president
williwo 1 year ago
@williwo okay so what i was wrong, you dont have to flip your shit, calm down, still thanks for the info in yours respons i actually used it in my school project
GiveMetheNoise 1 year ago
@GiveMetheNoise Its alright, I'm not mad....I just wanted to address a common misconception. It just really irks me when people dog Hoover and give all the credit to FDR. Its just not the truth. Hoover is one of the best modern public servants America has ever had. His record is right there to see. Yet people often just want to look at the Depression in the early 30s...something not of his doing. Anyway ...glad I was of assistance on your project...thats cool
williwo 1 year ago
@cdwlol it wasn't named for him to remember him, its because he comissioned it or something.
ManxGirl33 1 year ago
Did hoover have any any other political positions before his presidency?
mazda6tuner99 1 year ago
@mazda6tuner99 he was secretary of the commerce and he was a war time advisor to woodrow wilson because he helped many countries in Europe before, during and after the world war II.
TheMechanicalEngine 1 year ago
@mazda6tuner99 Yes, but they were all Civil Service appointments. The only elected office he held before the presidency was Class Treasurer at Stanford
kkhwt 1 year ago
Hahah My class watched this in history at first it was just boing then it got to the end and the class erupted in laughter xD His face at the end... Fail of a smile.
kissymelissa 1 year ago
OMG MY GRANDMA JUST TOLD ME TODAY THAT IM RELATED TO HIM!!! :)
DYFLBENGALS 1 year ago
@DYFLBENGALS ha
WAHT97 1 year ago
@DYFLBENGALS congrajulations, asshole
GiveMetheNoise 1 year ago
@GiveMetheNoise shut the fuck up fat ass...why do you have to be so fucking negative. PS: you need some slim fast bitch
DYFLBENGALS 1 year ago
@DYFLBENGALS bro okay so i was wrong MY BAD, its just a video dont gotta flip your shit and get all pissed
GiveMetheNoise 1 year ago
the look on his face at the end is priceless
abelincoln1809 1 year ago
*sigh*
A recession is a long period of economic decline. The GDP has been rising for over half a year, so far, so logically, the country is not in recession. It is in recovery.
nafaidni 1 year ago
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bobszvetics1 1 year ago
I don't too much about Hoover, but I know his wife Lou was a STRONG civil rights activists.
peachkim 1 year ago
If Herbert Hoover was so bad, then why do we have a huge Hoover Dam named for him.
cdwlol 1 year ago 11
@cdwlol Just because there's a dam named after him doesn't mean that he wasn't a piece of shit.
catclaw357 1 year ago
@catclaw357 there is no dam named after him dumbshit, its called hoover dam caused it on the hoover river
GiveMetheNoise 1 year ago
@GiveMetheNoise No, its named after Herbert Hoover, but he didn't deserve it, you retard. Do some fucking research.
catclaw357 1 year ago
@catclaw357 my bad i was wrong, dont got to get mad about it, you tottaly got pissed over nothing. but hey if you gotta curse at people online to make yourself feel better go ahead.
GiveMetheNoise 1 year ago
@GiveMetheNoise I wasn't cursing at you, I was cursing at Herbert Hoover. I don't curse at people to make myself feel better, and I didn't mean to offend you, I just get so mad at him. If did I'm sorry and that was not my intention.
catclaw357 1 year ago
@GiveMetheNoise I wasn't cursing at you, I was cursing at Herbert Hoover. I don't curse at people to make myself feel better, I just get so mad at him, and I did not mean to offend you. If did then, I'm sorry and that was not my intention.
catclaw357 1 year ago
@catclaw357 He wasnt a piece of shit though, and its irresponsible to call him that. He wasnt a Clown like Jimmy Carter. If you read his biography he was a great and commited public servant who had the misfortune of entering office in 1929. It was bound to happen WHOEVER came into office. If FDR came in 1929, it still would have happened. Hoover is like John Adams and Ulysess Grant....a bad luck Presidency, but besides that an INCREDIBLE record
williwo 1 year ago
@williwo No, he was a piece of shit, he said openly that he had no plans to put the great depression to an end. He said that it wasn't his problem, and he thought that it wasn't the president's place to fix the economy. And Carter wasn't bad, he was just O.K..
catclaw357 1 year ago
@catclaw357 You saying Carter was "OK" automatically disqualifies your credibility. He was so bad, he got attacked by a swimming Rabbit! Also I want you to find me where Hoover said he had no plans to put the Depression to an end. I want to interpret that for myself. I dont trust ANYONE who actually thinks Jimmy Carter was an OK President. Hes the worst of the worst.
williwo 1 year ago
@catclaw357 Hoover had a STRONG record of public service before and after his Presidency. And in terms of corruption, he comes out quite clean compared to most....such as our current President. The ONLY major stain on his legacy is the Great Depression, which wasn't even his fault. Hoover was a victim of bad timing, and suffered the same fate any other man elected in 1928 would have. It was BOUND to happen. Now Carter....thats a real piece of Crapper right there.
williwo 1 year ago
@catclaw357 Also, Hoover was a great Humanitarian unlike the Fake Jimmy Carter. In World War 1 Hoover helped with thousands of shipments to help feed war veterans and the injured. He also had a strong record throughout his life of food distribution. he DID try to combat the Depression through volunteer. And he also Believed that Blacks should receive high educations and be incorporated into White culture. Piece of Shit my ass. I encourage you to read more about him. hes better than u think
williwo 1 year ago
@cdwlol Hoovervilles were named for him also . . . . .
kevmarkpat 1 year ago
@cdwlol LOL. YOU ARE SO STUPID. HE IGNORED THE AMERICAN PUBLIC'S PROBLEMS AND MADE THE DEPRESSION WORSE BY BEING IGNORANT, STUPID AND FOOLISH
hulkyone 9 months ago
@cdwlol He allowed the funds for the construction of it in order to create jobs, but it was only because he was extremely pressured by the congress to do so.
785tt9gh 5 months ago
@cdwlol It was renamed from Boulder to Hoover in the late 40's.
DAVETYIOP 3 months ago
The last American PRESIDENT.
All that came after him were Emperors, ruling over a vast military that kills people.
Vebinz 1 year ago
@Vebinz
'last american president', i couldn't agree more. hoover's ideas require further examination and evaluation, i tend to think that his judgment remained patriotic and untarnished.
geekorthodox9 1 year ago
@Vebinz You're trying to imply Roosevelt was an emperor? Are you kidding me? The USA's military bulk during the world wars was insignificant. The bulk of their contribution was through finance and weaponary. So no, Roosevelt was not an emperor, dumbass. And he didn't have an empire, either, so it cancels him out.
ToaJoe 1 year ago
@ToaJoe
Roosevelt is the start of the post-war American Empire, his military build-up and build-up of both govt. powers and war industry was the foundation of what we have today.
Vebinz 1 year ago
@Vebinz Are you listening to me, fucktard? There has never been an American empire, because the USA has never owned an external country! Do you know what an empire is? It is when one country expands it's territories and overthrows other countries. Roosevelt did not have control over external countries, therefore he is not an emperor. Dumbass!
ToaJoe 11 months ago
@ToaJoe
I can't listen to you.
No, an empire is not just direct control over foreign lands. Read history. At many times in their history the ancient Egyptians had an empire, but most of it was not directly controlled, rather it was vassal states paying himage to it and supporting its policies. Same thing with the Assyrian Empire. The various Banana Republics ta US installed in Central America in the early 20th century are another example.
Oh, and no insults, you dick!
Vebinz 11 months ago
@Vebinz Definition of an empire: "A political unit having an extensive territory or comprising a number of territories or nations and ruled by a single supreme authority."
The USA has never taken territory from an external country, therefore it has never had an empire.
So you're wrong. Try again.
ToaJoe 11 months ago
@ToaJoe
Well, I guess all those Bronze Age and early Iron Age empires I've read about all my life, Egyptian, Hittite, Assyrian, Akkadian, etc..., we all just figments of my imagination then.
Vebinz 11 months ago
@ToaJoe actually we were an empire we got Guam purteo rico the Philippines and Cuba for a time after defeated Spain in the spanish american war
dunmer2001 11 months ago
@dunmer2001 Bullshit, that is not an empire. I'll give you an example of an empire- the Russian empire. Or even the British empire. We owned 1/4 of the planet before WW2.
PS. Don't talk about Obama like that, he's not a liberal. Hate him for what he is, not for something he isn't. Obama is not a liberal, he's not even left wing. He's center right.
ToaJoe 11 months ago
@ToaJoe na dude hes center left. a center right wouldnt have made a 10 dollar bail out, much less the one we had. hes no liberal, but he sure as hell isnt a right wing
IKIndaLoveScreamo 9 months ago
@IKIndaLoveScreamo 'Nah dude', he's center right. Why? Because he believes in the death penalty, for instance. I really hate it when people like you call American politicians Liberal or socialist, because there ARE NO mainstream liberal politicians in America. You act as if you know what it means.
ToaJoe 9 months ago
Why the heck all american politicians from the 1st half of the 20th century sound the same? There's almost no difference between this guy's and Roosevelt's voice.
bobsanders222 1 year ago
Herbert Hoover, during prohibition, was so upset with the public for continuing to consume alcohol, that he poisoned stock piles of vodka with formaldehyde and cyanide. And all because he wanted to promote public welfare and save individuals from the "evils" of liquor. It's estimated that it killed 40,000 people.
Questfortruth86 1 year ago
@Questfortruth86
Sources or shut the fuck up!
Vebinz 1 year ago
@Vebinz
"Sources or shut the fuck up! "
Google it (I can't link websites). By the way, economically speaking, Hoover and Bush's policies were practically identical.
Questfortruth86 1 year ago
@Questfortruth86
No, I've read much about Hoover, and I've never even come across this accusation.
Therefore the one who makes it should be the one who backs it up.
Vebinz 1 year ago
Hoover actually didn't try to end spending. He just didn't spend nearly enough, just like Roosevelt did until World War II. He tried tax cuts, which only created a deficit and had to be repealed.
He should have enacted massive government spending like the current government. Have you noticed that this is a time where a major recession has actually stopped and reversed in a short year-long period or so?
nafaidni 1 year ago
@nafaidni You're shitting me.You think the recession has fucking reversed itself?This is why the democrats will be butchered in 2010 praised be to fucking God.
Christian121y 1 year ago
President Hoover was like the Hoover vacuum cleaner. They both sucked!
superdavid002 1 year ago
So thats the guy responsible for my shitty vacuum cleaner?
E3BlSH0P 1 year ago
A decent and intelligent man, I'm sure, just in the wrong job at the wrong time.
1276epr 1 year ago
worst ever prez he was a communist
bigboom25sw 1 year ago
hahahahaha terrible prez
bigboom25sw 1 year ago
Mr. Hoover's life was quite inspirational and his talents helped to feed the world and stave off starvation for millions. His economic policies as President were truly horrific. Good man. Bad president.
notredamehesamighty 1 year ago
That puts him over in the Jimmy Carter wing of the Presidential museum. Not as dishonorable as the Nixon/Agnew holding cells.
fek2000 1 year ago
Bush and Hoover misguided misseraable leaders
123demaio 2 years ago 3
@123demaio agreed
Mrmonk9 2 years ago
Could not agree more. And then Roosevelt and Obama even worse.
stillkindofhungry 1 year ago
@123demaio
Bush was Great in the middle years. But trying to please democrats in the first year and using progressive tactics to get us out of the recession in the end made him a bad president.
MuskratandRatman 1 year ago
@123demaio
You're a moron.
Hoover was NOTHING like Bush.
Vebinz 1 year ago
hoover was a fascist, but he did make good vacuum cleaners.
tomitstube 2 years ago
Ahh,, the old regulation arguments or lack thereof. Im sure some regulations will stop greed, corruption, speculation etc. There have been prosperous times in this country, recessions, depressions etc for over 200 years now. Regualting banks, wall street etc wont prevent problems in the future no matter how much you think they will.
DBJW82 2 years ago 2
The Black Monday wasn't his fault either. It was the fault of the natural course of capitalism only to re-correct itself IF the damn Government does not get it's dirty hands in the mess. The Government in this current economic crisis is not the solution, the Government IS the problem. Can't people believe in themselves instead of the government?
patton0003 2 years ago
excuse me the latest foreclosures mess was caused by de regulation since reagan.the banks gave anyone and everyone a loan because money was made on the deal.
MrTabby5000 2 years ago
You sir are a moron. That type of 'natural market correction' you speak of was and remains entirely avoidable. And yes, people do need supervision by the government, because people are fallible and sometimes make bad decisions.
People like you are so concerned about surrendering your rights and freedoms to the government, but seem to have no problem with surrendering them to the vagaries of the market, which can be as tyrranical as any dictator.
MrLewey10 2 years ago
let's get this straight
The Great Depression was NOT Herbert Hoover's fault. The reason everyone hates him is because they think he didn't do anything. He did the republican thing and opened soup kitchens and put up projects to open jobs. He also donated his salary to charity.
What he didn't do was put in a good word for himself that he was trying to make the depression easier for everyone. He didn't stand up for himself, and as a result, was bullied by the (many) poor Americans for it.
purplecladimp 2 years ago
he didnt pray to jesus enough.
MrTabby5000 2 years ago
he did do many things,but it didnt work fast enough,so fdr was elected.
MrTabby5000 2 years ago
He didn't do nearly enough. Roosevelt pragmatically recognised what was needed, instead of clinging to the ridiculous ideology of atomistic laissez-faire.
MrLewey10 2 years ago
but roosevelt still had high unemployment for many years after his first 4 years in office.
MrTabby5000 2 years ago
Sounds like the right-wing revisonists have taken control of board --
True, Hoover inherited a soon to be failing economy but please tell me folks after the crash what concrete steps did he take to revive the economy....
marcostar57 2 years ago
And President Hoover was the scape goat for the whole mess. Why do you think Coolidge didn't run for a second term? FDR's administration took Hoovers plans of the Emergency Relief and Construction Act and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. FDR used it for the New Deal. So poor Hoover endured all of this. He was a great man, and was still involved in politics even after he left office.
eman626 2 years ago
I'm afraid one can't make a very good case for Hoover's presidency; unlike his freedom loving predecessors Harding and Coolidge, Hoover was no friend of liberty: he ordered the Army to fire upon and brutally beat the soldiers who wanted to be paid for their service; he ordered that taxpayers receiving refunds names be published; closed foreign trade; and deepened the depression with his meddling. I fail to understand FDR's "great" ranking; he presided over eight years of economic ruin.
billyguns2 2 years ago
FDR presided over 8 years of economic ruin, followed by 4 years of a full command economy with wartime rationing and basic goods being unavailable. Throughout his entire presidency we were in a depression, and recovery did not come until 1946.
Justgetout 2 years ago 2
Once again, you speak the truth. Historians would have us believe that our entry into WW II saved the economy, but my grandparents told a different story; they even grew their own food and had to go without basic necessities for long stretches of time. Some recovery! How does FDR get his reputation? He was a brave man personally, but his record as president?
billyguns2 2 years ago 2
Nonsense. The depression was the fault of ridiculously unregulated capitalism. Why do you think all market outcomes are, by definition, just? So much is arbitrary, and an individual's economic circumstances are often entirely outside of their control.
I don't claim that Hoover was some sort of bogeyman, but he was misguided on economic issues. It was only due to FDR's policies that there still exists a United States of America.
MrLewey10 2 years ago 2
Government control leads to outcomes that are even more arbitrary than what the market would do.
When you say that the Depression was caused by unregulated capitalism, you completely ignore the role of the Federal Reserve's monetary policy from 1922-28. The unbacked money supply increased by about 60%, no wonder the stock market was so inflated.
And to say that FDR saved the existence of our country is fanciful nonsense. He was even worse than Hoover, and the Depression outlasted his life.
Justgetout 2 years ago
I didn't actually argue for 'government control', but some government intervention in the economy beyond merely the enforcement of contracts is vital to ensure outcomes that at least provide a modicum of justice.
As for the federal reserve's policies contributing to the stock market bubble, I would agree that it played a part. The Depression was caused by a whole range of different factors, but that doesn't change the fact that the underlying free market system was ultimately responsible.
MrLewey10 2 years ago
Is "free market" the arbitrary and monopolistic fixing of interest rates, which is an essential info for the market?
xaviqaz 1 year ago
@Justgetout , wrong. By the late mid 1930s, GNP, which had been declining, suddenly reversed & started growing. In 1937 and 1938, GNP was growing at record levels (14% and more, which is unheard of), and the unemployment rate finally started to fall. WWII then escalated the recovery that was already happening. GNP soared, and unemployment rates fell to some of the lowest levels in the history of the U.S. Presidential historians consistently rank FDR #1 president in history, for good reason.
Beejjjjjj 11 months ago
@Justgetout shut up
mysteryman7235 9 months ago
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eman626 2 years ago
im sorry, President Truman dismissed MacArthur.
eman626 2 years ago
Perhaps you don't know this, but there was no television in 1928. Hoover was making eye contact with his audience physically before him as he spoke (to his left), while simultaneously posturing towards the news reel camera (towards the right) for recorded posterity and also to be distributed nationally in "talkie" news reels to be played as the preamble or during intermission in movie theater houses.
Eschatus2 2 years ago 2
Hoover looks like he works for the Mafia. It's hard to believe he was President. I can imagine Hoover riding shotgun smoking a cigar.
lildwayne21 2 years ago
Too bad Hoover made the Great Depression so much worse.
Justgetout 2 years ago
He didn't. The bankers did.
tdt1000 2 years ago
He never did anything to stop it.
strong414bad 2 years ago
As per the Federal Reserve act he has no power to.
tdt1000 2 years ago
That is not true. From a historian's perspective, Mr. Hoover did everything that his predecessors would have done to stave off a depression; these efforts merely pale in comparison to the program Roosevelt implimented - which were to that time radical, however necessary.
The idea that Hoover "made" the depression "so much worse" has all the nuance of a grade-school history text.
StevenDFenrich 2 years ago
Actually Hoover did much more than what his predecessors would have done, and what he did made the turned the recession into the Great Depression.
Warren Harding dealt with a serious recession----however he did not intervene and all he did was cut taxes and spending, and by 1922 the economy had a very strong recovery.
Justgetout 2 years ago
You are 100% correct; thank you for speaking the truth. FDR made things ever worse, making the Depression last another eight years! Yet historians blame Hoover and praise FDR, both for the wrong reasons.
billyguns2 2 years ago
You know if you want to connect with your audience while speaking learn from his example but looking directly into the camera not looking away. I'm not sure I could vote for the man seeing that!
ljenkin6 2 years ago
hehe, give him a break, film was uncharted territory back then.
MTheoryGuy 2 years ago
Hoover's speech delivery reminds me of football anouncer Pat Summeral calling a football game. I love Youtube because I could watch almost anything that was ever put on film or video. I hope the new owners of Youtube (Google) leave Youtube as it is.
reshamari11 2 years ago 2
Interesting his call for people to listen to their "conscience" when voting. His opponent, Al Smith, was a roman catholic in an era when people were heavily prejudiced against catholics.
Hoover's little conscience remark seems like a subtle reminder that Smith was somehow morally unacceptable to the voters. I could be reading too much into it though.
SultanOfSurreal 2 years ago 2
look at his cheesy smile at the end
dadecountyhustler305 2 years ago 2
hello
eogbaba 2 years ago
Hoover is much maligned but actually did the only sensible thing from 1929 to 1933. He let the economy bottom and recover on it's own accord. FDR is mistakenly given credit for resurrecting the nation but in reality he merely got elected at the opportune time - the bottom of the bear market.
TYX91101 3 years ago
Actually, Hoover believed in "laissez-faire", letting things run their own course. It was only until Roosevelt came up with the "new deal" which involved relief to the unemployed (Which was about 23.6 of Americas population), reformation of businesses and recovery of the economy. So techniquely Roosevelt done everything that Hoover did not.
Obiwan118118 3 years ago
The New Deal was a failure. It wasn't until the U.S. became involved in the war that it recovered from the Depression. I believe the unemployment rate remained at 15%-30% from he beginning of Roosevelt's administration until 1941.
bharm420 2 years ago
Unemployment improved considerably under Roosevelt's first two administrations. Between 6 and 10 percent, in fact. Also, the programs he established, like Social Security and Unemployment Benefits, stabilized a country in freefall. Not a failure.
thesixteenwords 2 years ago
The unemployment rate may have improved the first few years but it fluctuated and dipped to its highest rate at 25% during the Roosevelt administration in 1933. I was wrong, however, in saying it was a failure. It did provide better stabalization for the future nation, but did not end the depression. Roosevelt effectively expanded the role of government. But is that a good thing?
bharm420 2 years ago
FDR became president in 1933. So, the unemployment rate that year could either be attributed to him or Hoover, but it is likely that Hoover caused the spike, and Roosevelt's plans had not yet had their effect.
A larger government is good if we can pay for it. A balanced budget determines whether or not government is too big or too small. If we're fiscally responsible, then the size of the government is not as important as choosing the services it should provide.
thesixteenwords 2 years ago
ACTUALLY: Hoover WAS NOT "laissez-faire". Commerce Secty, pro-regulation. As President created the Ant-Trust div of the Justice dept, approved fed loans for low inc housing (pre-fannie&freddie), proposed child health care & national education, federal pension (preSoc.Sec) for over 65, increased tariffs, pushed major Farm subsidy, increased IRS power, and grabbed millions of acres of land for the Federal gov. HE SUCKED. for the same reasons FDR, Hitler, and Lenin SUCKED, and Bush & Obama SUCK.
engine2truck6 2 years ago
Don't compare Hoover to Bush or OBama or FDR. He was a good man and would never have done anything so collectivist.
TylerHinds 2 years ago 3
Plain goofy. None of these measures came anywhere near the extremes that the big government pimps took starting from FDR.
Tariffs by the way are not anti "laissez-faire". Tariffs simply delineate the free market as one's own nation. We don't really want the whole entire world to become strong, only our nation. Unless you an undergrad whose susceptible mind was really done in with that comparative advantage nonsense.
tdt1000 2 years ago
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Why did they sound so gay back then?
jtrain1991 3 years ago
jtrain1991- "Why did they sound so gay back then?"
Because you are listening with your homophobic ears right now.
frc1968 3 years ago 17
Gotta love these early 20th century pols trying to figure out how to deal with the camera...
uebergeek 3 years ago 3
Subtle political terms. I don't except the textbook version of history that he did little to try to help the economy. He made many interventionist moves that we now see today, mostly in our monetary system. It's like looking at two quarters that are exactly the same, but picking one up because the other one smells funky.
chevycorvette70 3 years ago
the great depression wasnt his fault he was just a fisco conservative who woundnt take goverment controll
PoliticalJunke 3 years ago
Actually, he did initiate a great amount of government intervention. Don't believe me? Just ask FDR, who attacked his economic meddling, and promised to free the markets. FDR won, and then intervened to a heavier extent, then claimed himself as the "savior".
chevycorvette70 3 years ago
Yeah, he did do some things BUT, his problem was that he could not take control of his own government, like FDR did! He generally tried calming the public down by saying that the banks and industry and economy would boom again, but not really doing anything in return to fix the economy. BTW- I don't ever remember or hearing FDR proclaiming himself as the "savior"
JasonBonitati 3 years ago
The country didn't level out of the depression for over 25 years. Roosevelt prolonged the Depression just like Hoover helped create it.
Hoover even argued with his laissez-faire treasury secretary Andrew Mellon. Hoover and FDR were both statist socialists who used government to prolong the great depression and literally destroy the economy's ability to correct itself.
shanklinmike 3 years ago
wow this isnt evn yer vid and you found me lol
PoliticalJunke 3 years ago
LOL, I was thinking the same thing when I saw your name on this vid. I am currently working on a Herbert Hoover vid as we speak. It is filled with information and I hope you will take the time to view it when I am finished. I am pressed for time but hope to have it up sometime tonight or tomorrow. TTYL!
shanklinmike 3 years ago
I been meaning to ask you this as well was Lincoln wrong to force the confederate states to stay apart of the union or was he 100% right or in the middle?
PoliticalJunke 3 years ago
I am creating a video describing the multiple government interventionist movements Hoover made. Roosevelt's runningmate, John Nance Garner, even stated he believed the republican party was taking the country down the path of socialism.
shanklinmike 3 years ago
Ok, in some ways, FDR made it costly for 25 years--but a Depression did not last that long. How would we be in a Great Depression, PAST WW2? We got out of it by mobilizing our economy and putting people to work in industrial jobs. the unelmployment rate went way down when we were in war and it stayed that way even after it.
JasonBonitati 3 years ago 3
Instead of writing 5 500 letter responses I am going to ask you to research this on your own. Google Great depression CATO or Great Depression Mises. There will be thousands of articles explaining exactly what I am talking about. Your whole world outlook is about to change, I used to think the exact same way you did 4 years ago...
Seriously, take the time to better the world around you by first researching the Ludwig von Mises Institute and the CATO Institute....you will be amazed!
shanklinmike 3 years ago
George W. Bu$h should go dig up Herbert Hoover and apologize to him!!!
BarneyFife82 3 years ago
"Prosperity cannot be restored by raids upon the public Treasury." -- Herbert Hoover
bscottb8 3 years ago 2
If you understood your Keynesian economics, you would know that in fact, prosperity often needs to be restored by "raids upon the public Treasury". Deficit spending is an important tool for government to use in a recession. If Hoover had recognised that, much of the pain of the Depression could have been alleviated.
MrLewey10 2 years ago
In 1932 total receipts were 1,924 million dollars and outlays were 4,659 million dollars. More than the double. Where was the fiscal conservatism and the austerity??
xaviqaz 1 year ago
@MrLewey10
Actually, if you learn your history, Hoover was a progressive republican who used stimulus packages and socialist techniques just as Obama is doing now. Guess what in 1920, when we had our first depression we got out of it with government and spending restrictions.
MuskratandRatman 1 year ago
Herbert Hoover(R) 21,392,190 Popular Votes 58.2% 444 Electoral Votes 40 states won Alfred E. Smith(D) 15,016,443 Popular Votes 40.9% 87 Electoral Votes 8 states won- A Landslide
MIKESOWELL 3 years ago
Yeah I believe that Coolidge's policies, plus having Andrew Mellon, one of the richest men in the world, left him in the dark about ominous financial forecasts.
MIKESOWELL 3 years ago
It was one of our history's greatest ironies that a man who built his reputation on humanitarian activities later bore the blame for the Great Depression, an event that happened just seven months after he took office. Calvin Coolidge, on the other hand,escaped in time. Too bad Herbert Hoover was not that lucky.
Pectoris4 3 years ago
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