ron reagan -- calvin coolidge was president.hey were teaching economics, the old school of economics sociology major. something stock. >> host: you ranked calvin coolidge number 12, right after jfk. jfk you have tied for seventh place with fours across the board of six categories except for character. >> character is mixed. on the upside two things appeal to me. he was never a weiner. you never heard stories about isolation of the president and woe is me which we heard from our current leader two days ago about not getting the speaker to return his calls. you never heard the winding. every day with a new beginning very much like reagan. they were proud of their irish roots. the fact that kennedy took responsibility. he said the problem at the bay of pigs was mine. i am president of the united states. i am the command authority of the government. first time -- the conference is my responsibility. the downside, lot has come out that i am not so sure we would recommend for his successors. not even talking about the personal life bu

something stock. >> and you rank calvin coolidge number 12 right after jfk. etf can you have tied for seventh place. straight force across the board except for character. >> a mix story. on the upside to things about kennedy, he was never a wiener. he never heard stories about the isolation of the presidency and, well, is me. the step at the altar. you never heard the warning. every day was a new beginning. both very proud of their roots. and the fact that kennedy took responsibility for his mistakes. the fault for the bad things as mine. i am the president of the united states, the commanding authority of the government. are there any questions? the whole congress is going to be taken to the woodshed. the downside, of course, a lot has come out since those years that i'm not so sure we would recommend for his successors. i'm not even talking about the personal life. i'm talking about putting himself at risk, the kind of people being shepherded into the white house, being waved through without security clearance, questions about foreign government, questions

calvin coolidge love to play practical jokes. when hughes stayed at the white house, calvin coolidge sent to his barber up to his room. >> if i remember, wilson had to stay up all night. he was quite irritated. >> it was a couple of days because california define the race. >> there are two guys. norman thomas ran for president on a socialism ticket. the one on our list is eugene debs of terre haute indiana. what do you think of him? >> i think of a principled guy who was at the forefront of the labor movement. i think he was a labor leader. he runs on the socialist ticket. he was a guy who wants to break the trusts and give the working man power. we are in a time now where we are talking about public employees unions. there was no such thing. he was talking about people who work with their hands for a living and do dangerous things. he fought for the right to organize. his day came, but not in his time. >> he was also outspoken in his opposition to world war i. he was, for his pains, thrown in jail by woodrow wilson, the great ch

. >> you bring calvin coolidge number 12 as right after jfk. jfk you have tied for seventh place and he gets straight force across the board of the six categories except the character of three. two things about kennedy he was never a winner. you never heard stories about the isolation of the presidency which we've heard from the current leader you never heard the warning from kennedy and it was like reagan and the fact that kennedy took responsibility for his mistakes he said before the cameras the president of the commanding authority of the government and i don't want any questions. the first time that -- the whole congress would be taken to the woodshed. the down is unless they are sure we would recommend for the successors i'm not even talking about the personal life and talking about perhaps putting oneself at risk and questions about the foreign government and about girlfriends who have ties to the underworld you wonder about that happening again on the upside he was not a weiner and i point out he also cut taxes and was at a time when th

that ronald reagan gave us and eventually crashed our economy with a little sprinkle of what calvin coolidge and herb hoover gave us that caused the great depression here to offer his take on it on this whole issue as ever langar president of the institute for liberty andrew welcome. first of all you want to correct to contradict straight the saw there's a one hundred seventy seven you know you sort of left out there is that while the corporate tax rates may be lower going lower than they have been a long time regulatory costs have never been higher the regulatory state according to obama's own s.b.a. cost the american economy nearly two trillion dollars annually two trillion dollars so with a meant for america's job creators are small businesses businesses with twenty employees or rather. two thirds of all share her uterus alvey the homes anybody who's there is around and i think i'm going to create a job as an oh sure the higher kid who does they would make money and other another put. it through a third of all jobs are created by america's small businesses those are the businesses that ar

. >> and you rank calvin coolidge number 12, right after jfk. jfk you have tied for seventh place and he gets straight fours across the board in the six categories, except for kerry there. >> well, character is a mixed story. on the upside, he was never a whiner. he never worried about the isolation of the presidency, which we heard from our current leader a few days ago instead of being an author and not getting the speaker to return his calls. every day with a new beginning, very much like reagan. they were both very proud of their irish roots. and the fact that kennedy took responsibility for his mistakes and that the problem is mine of the united states. cannot have any questions. the whole conference will be taken to the woodshed. on the downside, of course, a lot has come out since the kennedy here is, unless they are sure we would recommend for his successors. i'm not even talking about her personal life. i'm talking about putting oneself that one knows risk, the kind of people be shuffled into the white house, questions about foreign gov

do you know the last republican presidential candidate to carry new york city was calvin coolidge in 1924? four years later, al smith is the democratic candidate against herbert hoover. he begins the process of forging an urban-world, but mostly urban-immigrant -- >> he also starts and uncomfortable conversation. >> -- coalition. >> which is can the catholic be president. president. there is openly anti-catholic innuendo used against smith. it is not used against kennedy. kennedy dealt with this issue, but smith is the pioneer. but smith is the pioneer. >> with kennedy, we get the ghost of al smith. >> the other reason al smith -- besides the catholicism charge -- these are good times. we talk about the biography of personalities, but it is really important to have the context of prosperity. you know, they were good times. although, there were these areas where folks in america's were not doing so well. not doing so well. >> we know things about her hoover we did not know then, but al smith was running against a guy who was personally credited with saving millions of lives in world w

calvin coolidge had a different view, that it was the greatest privilege of any race to live under theonstitution. that's my view too. [applause] >> in fact george washington said in his farewell address, the person who occupies the white house is given a trust. he didn't call it the presidency, executive trust. that's what you get to choose here in florida. you get to choose who you are going to entrust. the highest office in the land to take hold of this treasure, that was given to us 235 years ago. we are a tremendous nation. unlike any nation that has ever been berthed in the history of mankind. no other nation is given the debt -- depth and breadth of this nation. every generation has successfully forged -- ups and downs. every generation has faithfully transferred that torch and forged one more link on the chain till today we have been given this magnificent nation. but did you know for the first time in the history of the united states, parents are not sure if their children will have the same opportunity thas have. almost three out of four americans say that. for the first time

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you can have the same argument she is make being the social contract under calvin coolidge's administrationative is against police and fire department. but somehow because there is a social contract that you can't have class warfare makes no sense. she is say we need to raise taxes even more on a segment of society that is paying the lion's shaffer income taxes and nothing in what she says makes that case. she is just stating the obvious and people are hearing what they want to hear in it megyn: what do you think about it kirsten? we are talking about taxing more of the rich. president obama wants to raise taxes on so-called millionaires. at what point do you draw the line? you can get to the point now -- we have a federal tax rate that's 35% for the wealthiest people. and you add in state taxes and local taxes you are talking 50% in cities like new york. at what point would elizabeth warren be satisfied with taxes? at what point do progressives want to draw the line? >> when you hear this rate, that isn't the rate they end up paying. there are a lot of loopholes abductions. megyn: those ar

it is the first time a democrat has lost since calvin coolidge was president in that district. >> wee been told this is a referendum and we are ready to say, mr. president, we are on the wrong track. bill: that is bob turner, congressman-elect now and what does the outcome tell us about the race for the white house in 2012? martha: you know, the white castle, they say customers should eat 'em by the sack. one man obeys the slogan every day, 290 pounds and is now suing the white castle and you will never believe it when i tell you why. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪ here a am ♪ stuck in the middle with you ♪ you started out with nothi nothing...♪ martha: 24 past the hour, here's a look at some of our top stories, right now. a car bombing targeting iraqi police officers left more than a dozen dead. the bomb exploded outside of a restaurant where police were having breakfast and new numbers for retail sales, flat-lined during the month of august. august was a tough month all around for the economy. retailers have reported strong back-to-school shopping and auto sales over the month but, now s

what we have is a limited view and calvin coolidge had a very different view.e said it's the greatest political privilege that has ever been accorded to the human race to live under the american constitution. that's my view, too. [applause] in fact, george washington said in his farewell address the person who occupies the white house is given a trust. he didn't even call that necessarily presidency -- that's what you get to choose here in florida you get to choose who you are going to trust. the highest office in the land to take hold of this treasure given to us 235 years ago. we are a tremendous nation unlike any nation that has ever been in the history of mankind no other nation has given the depth and breadth of freedom of this nation and there is an unparalleled vision. successfully forged -- ups and downs every generation has faithfully transferred that torch and he has been given this magnificent nation. but do you know for the first time in the history of the united states parents are not sure if their children will have the same opportunities that the

plymouth, vermont, is where calvin coolidge was born. actually he was spending time there with his father when he got news he had suddenly become president and was sworn in by deputy sheriff -- no sworn in by his father. the deputy sheriff, who thought they may need security, so he stood there with a pitchfork in one hand and a lantern in the other. but this photo just shows you what is happening. we tried to build a temporary bridge up there. as you know, from a northern state, mr. president, we're going to have snow in vermont in a matter of weeks. and of course companies stopped making asphalt early in november. this is a photo i took. i took from my helicopter. it is a major east-west, classic vermont. again, look at this. you can't see one of the lanes of the road. it would have gone just like this, but it's gone and look how deep. that's because this river moved from where it had never been before and just tore it out. governor shulman, the governor of our state, was touring by helicopter immediately after this. we were trying to s

what we have is a limited view and calvin coolidge had a different view.said it is the greatest political privilege that has be rks n accorded to the american race to live under the constitution. that's my view, too. [applause] in fact, george washington said in his farewell address, the person who occupies the white house is given a trust. he didn't even call it the president executive trust. that's what you get to choose here in florida. you get to choose who you are going to entrust the highest office in the land to take hold of this treasure that was given to us 235 years ago. we are a tremendous nation. unlike any nation that has ever been birthed in the history of mankind. no other nation has given the depth and bredth of freedom of this nation. this unparalleled vision that was given to us by our founders, every generation has successfully forged -- every generation has forged one more link on the chain until today we have been given this magnificent nation. but do you know for the first time in the history of the united states parents aren't sure i