The appearance of integrity. But coolidge also prized respect for harding. Those people werent condemned yet, innocent until Proven Guilty and continuity for the people in market. So he kept the cabinet for a while. Eventually some people left. The secretary of the interior left. Coolidge did have an investigation. He named a Bipartisan Team to look into corruption in the harding administration. But he thought first of continuity when he became president in august of 1923. Who was the secretary of the treasury . That would be Andrew Mellon who was his and hardings before hoovers after. He is like bernanke though he was treasury secretary, it was said that three president s served under him. How did that relate to the mellon name that we know now, the mellon bank . Mellon was a very wealthy man and he made much of his money which he created an empire in pittsburgh in steel aluminum. He was also what we might call a venture capitalist. He would give a man money if a man had a good idea,
The economy was broken. And i thought what happened before. And there was a period when it was fixed. And that was Calvin Coolidge. I thought ive got to go back and figure out what went right in the 1920s. Talk about him. I mean do you read about him today . I guess the first question id ask, could he be elected president today . I think. So thats really the challenge of the book, whether we can choose someone who is as principled as he is as president. He did not believe coolidge who was president from 23 to 29 that perception is reality which he thought principle is reality. The challenge for us is we just have to have someone who is good looking and speaks well and good salesman or someone who has good principles. I think we can. We deceive ourselves we need looks alone. Who did he put around himself . Very important question. Coolidge came into office from being Vice President. Unfortunately, the president died so there is a cabinet there and some of them are compromised. We rememb
Before. And there was a period when it was fixed. And that was Calvin Coolidge. I thought ive got to go back and figure out what went right in the 1920s. Talk about him. I mean do you read about him today i guess the first question id ask could he be elected president today . I think. So thats really the challenge of the book, whether we can choose someone who is as principled as he is as president. He did not believe coolidge who was president from 23 to 29 that perception is reality which he thought principle is reality. The challenge for us sauven we just have to have someone who is good looking and speaks well and good salesman or someone who has good principles. I think we can. We deceeve ourselves we need looks alone. Who did he put around himself . Very important question. Coolidge came into office from being Vice President. Unfornl the president died so there is a cabinet there and some of them are compromised. We remember harding was a period of scand sol do you keep them. And
Who do you trust . A month after the chemical spill, making sure that the water in West Virginia is safe. We begin with a major victory for gay rights. Moments ago the attorneygeneral announced that federal privileges would be extended to gay couples. Straight couples have taken them for granted, but they have been recognised to give full recognition. Here is what is being proposed. Gay couples will not have to testify against their spouse, theyll be allowed to file for joint bankruptcy, and gay inmates will be treated the same as heterosexuals. The couples must be legally married, but it applies to states that do not recognise gay unions. Eric holder made the announcement. Or correspondent is standing by with more on this. Well, he just had a second standing ovation. He stepped off the podium. Lisp to some of the listen to some of the remarks he just made. I am proud to announce that the Justice Department is taking additional stepped to advance the fundamental truth and give new mean