Judgement, integrity, principled, fiscally conservative, noninterventionist - Yeah, I would say that this country could use another Grover Cleveland right about now.
He lost the electoral vote (he actually won the popular vote) in 1888 largely because he wouldn't cave on tariffs. Very principled, indeed.............Of course he got reelected in 1892 after Benjamin Harrison wrecked the economy via overspending, hiking up tariffs even more, and overpaying for silver.
I have been looking him up now. His wisdom on tariffs is timeless. Tariffs are a bad idea that should have been buried completely in the 19th century, along with slavery.
The parties were interesting back then (late 19th, early 20th centuries), dmarks. BOTH of them had a liberal and conservative wing. In this instance, Cleveland was the free-trader and fiscal conservative and Harrison was the protectionist and big spender. And even as late as 1928, Al Smith was a far more conservative candidate than the progressive, Herbert Hoover (Harding and Coolidge representing the more conservative wing of the Republicans).
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Ma! Ma! Where's my Pa? Gone to the White House...Ha Ha Ha!!!
Greatest campaign slogan EVER!!
His final words; "I have tried so hard to do what I thought was right."
Looked his bio up as I'd forgotten most of what I had learned about him those many years ago. A stand up principled man and politician.
He lost the electoral vote (he actually won the popular vote) in 1888 largely because he wouldn't cave on tariffs. Very principled, indeed.............Of course he got reelected in 1892 after Benjamin Harrison wrecked the economy via overspending, hiking up tariffs even more, and overpaying for silver.
I have been looking him up now. His wisdom on tariffs is timeless. Tariffs are a bad idea that should have been buried completely in the 19th century, along with slavery.
The parties were interesting back then (late 19th, early 20th centuries), dmarks. BOTH of them had a liberal and conservative wing. In this instance, Cleveland was the free-trader and fiscal conservative and Harrison was the protectionist and big spender. And even as late as 1928, Al Smith was a far more conservative candidate than the progressive, Herbert Hoover (Harding and Coolidge representing the more conservative wing of the Republicans).
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