Silent Cal speaks
I developed an interest in Silent Cal after reading his autobiography (which I reviewed here) in my American Presidency class. Today in said class the professor played various sound clips of early-20th century presidents, but Coolidge was conspicuously absent. However, a portion of a speech he gave about lowering taxes is on YouTube.
Could Coolidge run in our current media age with that nasally Yankee accent? I have my doubts. Never mind his penchant for cutting taxes…
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