Just to tell you more about Hoover.
He was born in 1874 in West Branch, Iowa
His father died in 1880
His mother died in 1883
Herbert Hoover moved to Oregon to live with his uncle
Herbert went to Stanford in 1891
So he lived in Oregon from 9 - 17 and considered Oregon the place he grew up. We have a Highway named after Hoover in Newberg where he grew up. Pretty podunk about 30-45 minutes or so from where I live. So maybe an hour outside of Portland. I really wish we had a better president to lay claim to.
I mean you have to admit that a president that is the captain of the ship when the economy loses more jobs that it gains is pretty crappy.
Hoover was a good man with a big heart. To say otherwise is to be a revisionist. The economy was on the downturn when he took office and he was the sacrificial lamb. FDR actually extended the great depression, tried to pack the supreme court, and passed several unconstitutional measures while destroying the gold standard and pushing the depression for many more years then it should have gone. FDR was a socialist.
