Opinion of William Jennings Bryan?

[Mr. Smith]

Massive HP. In addition to being a populist, (which is basically democratic fascism), he was anti evolution. Also, my quote.

These are features, not bugs [well maybe not-so-much evolution, but then again, evolution was pretty much the refuge of eugenicists back then so...]

[Mr. Smith]

We are fortunate that FDR was able to step in eventually and clean up Bryan's mess.

...that. Doesn't even begin to make sense.

The period between Bryan's first nomination and FDR's election is the most embarrassing era in the history of the Democratic Party. Most of the disarray can be linked to WJB.

That's a rather bizarre way to describe the antebellum era up until Reconstruction collapsed.

[Mr. Smith]

We are fortunate that FDR was able to step in eventually and clean up Bryan's mess.

...that. Doesn't even begin to make sense.

The period between Bryan's first nomination and FDR's election is the most embarrassing era in the history of the Democratic Party. Most of the disarray can be linked to WJB.

That's a rather bizarre way to describe the antebellum era up until Reconstruction collapsed.

I'm speaking on its ability to function as a political party. Obviously, there are worse presidencies than Woodrow Wilson's.

I see no need to change what I said, because the antebellum era was by far the least functional time for any political party.

[Mr. Smith]

He fundamentally helped reshape American liberalism as a movement that wants to use government intervention as a means to uplift the lower classes - while before American liberalism was mostly anti-government, believing that its intervention would only mean subsidies and favors to the wankers bankers and the ruling classes. And that is his most important legacy.
But more specifically:
He was a populist, anti-imperialist hero (good)
He attacked snob and wealthy city-dwellers (good to an extent)
He supported women's suffrage (good)
He accepted Jim Crow laws (very very bad)
He supported Prohibition (I'm inclined to say good)*
He was a full-fledged creationist (bad)**
So I voted narrowly for "FF".

*I will be roasted for this... guess I should befriend ExtremeRepublican

**Although most evolutionists at the time were full-fledged eugenicists...
By the way, H. L. Mencken, the journalist who popularized the Scopes trial and attacked WJB in his articles about it, was a f***ing misanthropic resentful man who wrote scathing articles on pretty much everything that came to his mind. He loved Nietzsche, and indeed had the same f***ing "men are ignorant and stupid monkeys fooled by religion and democracy" attitude of Nietzsche, coupled with a big "racist towards everyone" one too.

Nah, Prohibition was hardly a terrible idea on paper, I agree with that.

I reckon I'd support Hoover over Smith for precisely those reasons, since they were mostly identical otherwise.