If Biden's running, what will the third Catholic President do?
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If Biden's running, what will the third Catholic President do?
Also, JFK was a war hero.
The year 1958 was a recession. By 1960, there were signs of recovery, but it would take a year for them to become solid.As I have previously stated, the fact that the economy was in recession in 1960 but experiencing a boom in 1928 was just as decisive in terms of why Kennedy was elected and Smith lost.
The year 1958 was a recession. By 1960, there were signs of recovery, but it would take a year for them to become solid.
Unfortunately, given Smith's later hatred of the New Deal, I'm not sure a Smith win in 1928 would have resulted in a cheerful economic situation come 1932.Fair, it was more of a comment that it allowed Hoover to get elected, who destroyed the country through the Great Depression.
Mmm, good point. It's amazing how hard it is to discredit laissez-faire capitalism in the US.Unfortunately, given Smith's later hatred of the New Deal, I'm not sure a Smith win in 1928 would have resulted in a cheerful economic situation come 1932.
(It'd also do wonders for the KKK).
Mmm, good point. It's amazing how hard it is to discredit laissez-faire capitalism in the US.