Comments on: Blagnet.net’s quiz of the day http://www.blagnet.net/2009/04/07/blagnetnets-quiz-of-the-day/ Discussing libertarian philosophy Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:24:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John http://www.blagnet.net/2009/04/07/blagnetnets-quiz-of-the-day/comment-page-1/#comment-1369 John Wed, 08 Apr 2009 02:50:20 +0000 http://www.blagnet.net/2009/04/07/blagnetnets-quiz-of-the-day/#comment-1369 Warren G. Harding, in his <a href="http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/info-speechCloud07-DD.html" rel="nofollow">speech accepting the Republican Party's nomination for president in 1920</a>. Two observations from reading through the whole thing to find the juicy monetary nuggets: Other parts of it are quite Statolatrist, nationalist, and patriotic, so I didn't like those parts; and, man, what a long, LOOOOONNNNGGGGG speech. No politician today could ever get away with speaking for that long on end. How incredibly boring it must have been. And I've heard he wasn't a very good public speaker (not by 1920's standards). Warren G. Harding, in his speech accepting the Republican Party’s nomination for president in 1920.

Two observations from reading through the whole thing to find the juicy monetary nuggets: Other parts of it are quite Statolatrist, nationalist, and patriotic, so I didn’t like those parts; and, man, what a long, LOOOOONNNNGGGGG speech. No politician today could ever get away with speaking for that long on end. How incredibly boring it must have been. And I’ve heard he wasn’t a very good public speaker (not by 1920′s standards).

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