Commentary: Cronies, tariffs and sex scandals: Warren Harding was a lot like a certain someone we know
by Brad Schiller, Los Angeles Times
Aug 03, 2018
3 minutes
No one ever thought Warren Harding, who died 95 years ago, had the capacity to become president of the United States. But he did look presidential. He was tall, handsome, always well dressed and well groomed, and an avid golfer. Plus, he gave robust, if vague, speeches about "returning America to normalcy" that appealed to a war- and recession-weary electorate. In the election campaign of 1920, he championed three issues: tax cuts, immigration cutbacks and tariffs on trade. He also promised to roll
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