Warren G. Harding: The Most Corrupt President in US History

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Source/Further reading:
Miller Center, in-depth life story: millercenter.org/president/ha...
Britannica, overview: www.britannica.com/biography/...
LA Times, review of a juicy book on Harding: www.latimes.com/archives/la-x...
Politico, America’s horniest president: www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
NYTimes, Harding’s love letters: www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/ma...
Vox, in defense of Warren G Harding: www.vox.com/2014/7/9/5881009/...
DNA, Nan Britton: www.nytimes.com/2015/08/13/us...
Yes, Harding was really a terrible president: 6thfloor.blogs.nytimes.com/20...
History, Teapot Dome explained: www.history.com/topics/roarin...

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[@jamesmartin6050]

Here are some suggestions for another video - all interesting people April Ellison/William Ellison Jr. (1790-1861) - a freed slave from South Carolina who became a successful slaveowner and planter himself before the civil war. Anthony Johnson (1600-1670) - a former indentured servant who became one of the first African American property owners in America and a successful tobacco farmer. Lord Mountbatten (1900-1979) - Prince Philip’s uncle and Queen Elizabeth’s second cousin once removed who was assassinated by the IRA Yukio Mishima (1925-1970) - Japanese poet, author, playwright, actor and nationalist who committed seppuku after a failed attempt to overthrow Japan’s 1947 constitution. Robert Walpole (1676-1745) - British politician who was the first prime minister of Great Britain from 1721 until 1742 under King George I and King George II. Eamon DeValera (1882-1975) - prominent political leader in 20th century Ireland who, after the Irish war of independence from 1919 to 1921, was in the public eye for over forty years from 1922 until his death were he served as head of government (Taoiseach/prime minister) and head of state (president). He was nearly executed in the Easter Rising in 1916 and was key in putting into place the new constitution on 1937. A very prominent Irish figure and one of the most important in Irish history. George Eastman (1854-1932) - American entrepreneur who founded the Eastman Kodak company. He was a pioneer of photography and a major philanthropist. He commit suicide at the age of 77 because of chronic pain from health problems. Emile Zola (1840-1902) - French novelist and journalist who is an early practitioner in the literary genre, naturalism. He was involved in the Dreyfus affair, a political scandal in France. He died in 1902 at the age of 62 from accidental carbon monoxide poisoning. ryoichi sasakawa (1899-1995) - Japanese businessman, politician, sports administrator, philanthropist and was criminal who helped Norman Borlaug with his Green Revolution. Seamus Heaney (1939-2013) - Irish poet, playwright and translator who won the 1995 Nobel prize for literature and wrote a poem about The Tollund Man comparing his cause of death to The Troubles in Northern Ireland. W.B. Yeats (1865-1939) - Irish poet, dramatist and writer with an interest in the occult who helped found the Abbey Theatre and was a senator for the Irish Free State. He is one of the most important historical figures in Irish history. Prince Phillip, The Duke of Edinburgh (1921-2021) - husband and consort to Queen Elizabeth who served in the navy as a young man, serving in the Second World War. He died recently so it would be a good choice. Jordan Belfort (born 1962) - former stockbroker, author, motivational speaker and convicted felon who committed fraud via stock market manipulation. His book was the inspiration behind the film The Wolf of Wall Street starring Leonardo DiCaprio in 2013. Andrew Cunanan (1969-1997) - spree killer responsible for five murders before his suicide via gunshot. His victims include Gianna Versace and Lee Miglin. Lee Miglin (1924-1997) - American business tycoon, real estate developer and philanthropist who was spree killer, Andrew Cunanan’s third murder victim. “The Count of Saint Germain” (1691 or 1712 -died 1784) - European Adventurer who achieved prominence in high society in the 1700’s. His real name is unknown while his background is obscure. He claimed to be the son of Prince Francis II Rakoczi of Transylvania. He was arrested for suspicion of espionage during the Jacobite rebellion but was released without charge. Julia d’Aunigny (1670 or 1673 -died 1707) - 17th century French opera singer who was known for her flamboyant lifestyle. Her father was a secretary to the master of the horse to King Louis XIV. She was a keen sword fighter, cross-dressed and tried to run away with a female lover after killing a man in a duel. She died at the age of 33. Past American presidents, British prime ministers, monarchs and Roman emperors would be good as well.

[@kidofflint8812]

Another suggestion of people are 1. Elizabeth gurley flynn who was a labor activist and member of the iww = International workers of the world she was chairwoman of the communist party 2 Dutch resistance fighter Hannie schaft know as the girl with the red hair she was know to assassinate ss officials and dutch Nazi collaborators . 3 Henry A Wallace who served as secretary of agriculture than vice president under Franklin Roosevelt famously the leader of the progressive wing of the Democratic Party during the 1940s and who was infamously opposed by the conservative wing of the party. 4 Albert parsons who like flynn was a labor activist during the 1870s and 1880s and was a member of the haymarket Martyrs a group of men who were scapegoated 5 Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts who was a abolitionist and was famously almost beaten to death on the senate floor by a pro slavery congress men 6 John Huggins who was a leader in the Southern California chapter of the black panther party and led the black studies program on the campus at UCLA where he was later assassinated by the FBI

[@noidea4name]

Would you make biographics of El Chapo

[@altinmares8363]

Please post more videos about -Presocratic philosophers -Thales of Miletus -Empedocles -Parmenides -Heraclitus -Democritus -Anaximenes -Al Kindi

[@kidofflint8812]

@@noidea4name that would be also great and not a shocker he’s got one on Pablo Escobar

[@pattismith8417]

I believe he's NOW in 2nd place for the most corrupt title.

[@tombalthis513]

Try third Biden first Obama 2nd

[@robinmitchell1721]

Trump is first place for worst

[@dougking5703]

@@tombalthis513 you just mentioned the greatest President in the modern era and another who will be up there too 😆 🤣

[@teslafarts6402]

💅🏻

[@thephoenixxm4160]

@@TheRealJoeMama1 Both men you mentioned were terrible especially the former guy. It was a scary time living under him. I loathed every minute. He basically turned the presidency into nothing more of a joke/sitcom. Every day news would come up of something stupid Donald was doing with his ALL-CAPS TWEETS to his corruption by pardoning his buddies and threatening to pardon himself. It wasn't enjoyable. He was a mistake of a president.

[@carbine090909]

"this side of Watergate?" lol, oh, my friend, the era we're in now has far surpassed Watergate.

[@paulwebhandlemcgranite698]

2020Gate?

[@kageakuma3009]

do you mean Trump? He's far more corrupt than any other president.

[@leggonarm9835]

No nothing quite that corrupt unless you mean 9/11

[@SpuddMacgyver]

@@kageakuma3009 lmao you mean Biden rite? otherwise god help you.

[@somebloke757]

@@SpuddMacgyver - yeah, if you think the mirror mirror defence actually works, the rest of us, however can see what Trump is. Nice try.

[@rongray35]

Harding was living proof that doing nothing can get you far in life.

[@prodigalpriest]

You don't need to look further than the 21st Century to find examples of people who could do nothing and still be in Congress.

[@peterreiss5937]

For a real understanding of how effective Harding was read James Grant's "The Forgotton Depression of 1921", and listen to Tom Woods: Why You've Never Heard of the Great Depression of 1920.

[@chvfd687]

My grandmother was born 8/2/1923. Warren Harding was president when she was born and Calvin Coolidge was president by the time the sun went down. She always talked how there was 2 presidents the day she was born. It ignited my interest for history

[@dontworrybehappy8080]

My grandmother was born November of 1922.....and she's still alive. Yikes!

[@Januaryschild]

I was born 1/20/77, I was alive for exactly 30 minutes of Ford's presidency before Carter was inaugurated.

[@Lawnmower737]

@@dontworrybehappy8080 My great-grandmother is 101 and she’s as sharp as a stick still. It’s incredible seeing people live this long, the male lineage in my family however… an 80th birthday might as well be a 500th birthday because it’s a lot rarer.

[@danielliebergall856]

My Grandpa was born in 23 too and he’s also still kicking

[@dontworrybehappy8080]

@@Lawnmower737 Good for her. Enjoy the moment.

[@thejason755]

Harding’s an example of why it’s healthy to tell people “no.”

[@glennquagmire3258]

Maybe he was about to and that is why he got "sick" and died.

[@redjirachi1]

@@glennquagmire3258 There's a conspiracy theory his wife poisoned him due to how much of a womanizer he was

[@speakerz74]

@@redjirachi1 how is that a conspiracy?

[@redjirachi1]

@@speakerz74 OK I guess it's more of a rumor

[@elizabethsohler6516]

He's got nothing on some of our more recent CE's.

[@sylviajones4907]

Good video. Especially liked the statement at the end.

[@Ophiotaurus_AKA_Bessie]

Last week tonight has a segment on him on KZbin. It’s definitely worth a watch

[@sirandrelefaedelinoge]

Warren "any hole's a goal" Harding...

[@matthewschauenburg]

Thank you very much for that comment. I really needed a good laugh today.

[@troystaunton254]

“Any holes a goal and every mole is a practice hole” As we say here in Australia.

[@sirandrelefaedelinoge]

@@troystaunton254 Strewth, mate! ❤ 🇦🇺

[@rud1gga155]

@@troystaunton254 Hard life in downunder.

[@Bingo551]

🤣

[@Unlikely_Pirate]

Ok, I’m just gonna say what everyone is thinking. In no way does that rock resemble a teapot.

[@LisaBowers]

It's not short. It's not stout. There's no handle to pour the oil out. 🤔

[@Unlikely_Pirate]

@@LisaBowers … I love you.

[@jessicajujubean5004]

Maybe it looks like a style of teapot we have never seen

[@curtiswhiteheadjr1322]

You can Google it and see that some teapots are shaped like that rock.

[@deshaundozier]

@@LisaBowers SWISH!

[@kevinhensley4643]

Very good listening, Thank you for sharing 👍

[@jamesdellaneve9005]

What’s ironic is that Cal Coolidge turned out to be one of the best Presidents by restraining the government.

[@brianwolfe8141]

Restraining the government but he obviously didn't restrain the banks well enough.

[@elitefencer777]

Yeah, keep telling people you like Coolidge because you're so hard for laissez-faire economics. Only 2 types of people like Coolidge: cheapskates and xenophobes.

[@jamesdellaneve9005]

@@elitefencer777 That’s not an argument. That’s just ad hominem. The entire point of the US constitution was to limit the power of the central government. The founders didn’t not talk about budgets. Your xenophobe comment is impossible to draw a logical line to limited government. Nearly every group of people from Europe arriving to the colonies was fleeing something. Whether religious freedom or oppressive governments. The populist movement in the US, Europe, South America is the result of oppressive governments. Too many taxes, too many regulations, too many bureaucrats, etc.

[@mrp4242]

I would rate Coolidge somewhere in the middle (ie low 20s). Around where I might rank Clinton or Grant. He may be as close to a ‘Libertarian’ President as we’ve had. I do think there’s something to be said that ‘it’s better to be lucky than good’ in some cases; I think there have been several relatively ‘lucky’ presidents-economically and in foreign policies--Coolidge, Reagan and Obama come to mind in that sense. Im not saying those presidents were bad--only maybe a tad overrated. Of course, purely speculation since we will never know for sure, but I suspect our country may not have fared much better during the Great Depression under his leadership than Hoover, had Coolidge done a second term.

[@jamesdellaneve9005]

@@mrp4242 I agree with the comment about him being Libertarian. If Trump wins and does a Javier Millei (drastically reduce the size of government and reduce spending) the country will quickly respond. I don’t think that Trump has the policy chops, but Argentina has quickly responded to these policies.

[@Farragutsfinest]

"He died when he was 57 years old" holy crap....he looked closer to late 70's.

[@jrsmith1998]

He white

[@AManOfFocusCommitmentSheerWill]

It was the women and the thumbs he was under that killed him.

[@rogersheddy6414]

I'm that age....

[@roxannemoser]

Jerry wore him out

[@fritztm9261]

@@jrsmith1998 Simple. Elegant. Honest.

[@aquariusmirky]

Judge a man by his friends. If he chose to surround himself with all crooks and put them in positions of power, don't overthink it, he's a crook.

[@bennyko723]

U.S. Grant is an exception.

[@soccrstar4]

q P P P L

[@deee5520]

Sounds just like the 🤡 that’s in the White House right now. The old saying choose your friends wisely, apparently lots of people choose them for what they can get out of them. $$$$$$

[@southernfiregaming9797]

Like Biden and Trump, Obama bushes etc

[@jakobn1848]

@@deee5520 a dozen members of trumps cabinet weren’t legally allowed to run charity’s

[@anthonycoccia6129]

Lol Biden is like hold my beer

[@RocketRoketto]

The Animaniacs song "president of the United States just briefly mentions him" 😂

[@scytheblob67]

I feel like Jerry should get his own Biographics episode.

[@ivandeskita996]

Jerry?

[@jakemac1396]

From rick and morty?

[@slinkbradshaw8674]

Lol did ya'll watch the video? Jerry was his penis

[@jakemac1396]

@@slinkbradshaw8674 oh yeah... 😂 Thats FUCKING hilarious! I'm an idiot. Lol

[@localman7017]

Jumbo needs one too

[@saoirsedonnelly2352]

He’s the living version of that “when you lie on your resume but get the job anyway” meme.

[@txgunguy2766]

Like the "police K9" cat?

[@tomlxyz]

Idk, he didn't lie, didn't even apply, he just got put into place by others

[@luga718]

@@txgunguy2766 😹😹😹

[@davkatjenn]

Harding is why the "Peter Principle" was created to describe the ascension of the worthless.

[@pamelahomeyer748]

Just like Bill Barr's dad gave Jeffrey Epstein a teaching job when he did not qualify. And that led him into meeting some very prominent people and got him onto Wall Street

[@rbf100]

Very informative biography of Warren Harding. The Teapot Dome scandal was given prominence in the history books. It was a national embarrassment.

[@veryoldjohnson]

Political skullduggery at its best!!!

[@user-jk2ve1sx4n]

Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort that might have saved the world.

[@__-bm5zj]

"Bland cliches is exactly what America wanted to hear" I guess some things never change

[@PrezVeto]

Actually, America _has_ changed in that department… for the worse.

[@madgavin7568]

In fact the term 'bloviation' (a technical term for bland clichés) was used and described by Warren G. Harding himself.

[@HolyKhaaaaan]

Hope Make America Great Again Build Back Better

[@davkatjenn]

And harken back to an era that they can't really describe.

[@SpectacularDisaster]

Teapot dome seems pretty mild compared to recent events

[@yeanah2571]

I'm guessing due to DJTs corruption still being investigated, and ongoing.

[@SpectacularDisaster]

@@yeanah2571 im guessing Simon is trying to keep his channel apolitical, which I get

[@yeanah2571]

@@SpectacularDisaster As do I, my man. Just kind of shocked at what caused Harding to be an embarrassment, it's bad, but not "scourge of history" bad

[@henriquemelchiorgomes8750]

@@yeanah2571 he doesn't need to be corrupt, corruption is legalized in the us

[@petecarroll3949]

Piss-pot dome aka more-a-lardo

[@stvhop]

Living through the last few years has made me suspicious of taking any political tell at face value.

[@chareast9997]

i have never taken anything about a politician at face value. at least you had a few years that were not sleepless nights wondering what nightmare they were/are getting us into next

[@TwoBassed]

Be glad, none of them can be trusted!

[@tonydipietro5553]

I love these documentaries. I put them on to listen to relax and unwind from the day as I fall asleep, and end up learning so much. Mind you, it takes a few nights to get through them from all the rewinding to the parts I missed after I’d fallen asleep. lol I also like that they’re done by a person from another country who doesn’t have any partisan bias, and observes historically from a third person perspective.

[@Birdman47401]

“He would probably shampoo your ball sack if he thought it would make you like him” Absolutely one of the best one-liners I have ever heard. Bravo!

[@odysseus2656]

Why are you people always fascinated with homofilia references?

[@TheBasementDweller84]

@@odysseus2656 Why are "you people" offended by ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING?

[@zopEnglandzip]

But it's two lines....

[@ignitionfrn2223]

1:35 - Chapter 1 - You can't say no 5:00 - Chapter 2 - Girls & gold 8:25 - Chapter 3 - He looks like a president 12:10 - Mid roll ads 13:35 - Chapter 4 - The almost leader 16:40 - Chapter 5 - The ohio gang 20:05 - Chapter 6 - The teapot boils over

[@soccrstar4]

Why didn’t you just post the time stamps at once instead of editing this over and over?

[@JayRocArt]

This is the track list for his mixtape.

[@jacquelynbaisden1583]

Ty

[@brianray14]

You da real mvp

[@aguynamedscott11]

The best thing about learning about Warren G Harding is the realization that where the United States is now, is a place we've been before. We will get through it again.

[@courtneyraymer6586]

I got my best dose of U.S. history in eighth grade(65years ago). That’s when I first became aware of Harding. Since my mother was 8-11 during his administration, I asked her if she remembered anything about him dying in office. She told me it was rumored at the time that his wife had poisoned him because she was afraid he was going to be impeached. I don’t think any journalists investigated back then. I am guessing that the attitude was that the pressures of the presidency had killed Wilson and then Harding. If Coolidge was investigating, why pursue a rumor that was seemingly unfounded?

[@NoPlaceForDisgrace865]

Most corrupt ? With what’s going on in these modern times” can’t say that anymore.!!

[@jameshudak7043]

This is a serious understatement!

[@justinh6651]

Not really.

[@fredlougee2807]

Harding was "scandalous" in 1923, but his actions are SOP for today's Presidents.

[@goocherrific]

At least Harding knew he wasn't fit for office!

[@ronnelson7828]

Harding "Most corrupt"? Joe Bidet " Hold My Beer!"

[@Sewblon]

11:00 You ignored the elephant in the room for why people would be sick of Wilson and his agenda: The first world war. If I had been around back then, I think I would have read "return to normalcy" as "your friends won't be conscripted and killed by Germans anymore."

[@tylerchaney1533]

Kind of sounds like Obamas change campaign and the wars in the middle east...then 2 of the many people who I knew from school that served killed in Iraq during "the surge". What a change...

[@PFay]

Sounds more like, what morphed into “America First 1.0” ? Nazi collaborators like Lindbergh, Coughlan, Klan, American Bund & Fred Trump Snr. Nearly led US over the precipice into fascism. History repeats, apple never falls far from the tree, etc and here we are?

[@petecarroll3949]

Wilson allowed the Rothschilds to operate their corrupt Federal Reserve SCAM on Christmas week of 1913

[@TheWasif]

There’s a lot to this, indeed. Also, 20 years of Democratic administrations led to a desire to shift gears because, well, Americans think that is enough good reason to actually change. 😢

[@michaelbrininstool4515]

We were only involved in WWI for a year.

[@Desipapa8989]

Donald Trump: Hold my Big Mac

[@benjaminfranklinhawkeyepie9721]

Joe Biden said hold my beer watch this

[@deborahicke679]

This part of history needs to be taught and remembered. It amazes me how many trust our government, thinking they would never do this or that and corruption is a conspiracy theory. We have definitely not learned that history repeats itself if forgotten.

[@piratessalyx7871]

Exactly....trump era back it up 50 yrs or so...you get Nixon....back it up 50 yrs or so you get Harding....oh geez will people never learn? And repugs each time...ughhhhh

[@ZeroFcksGven]

@@kevinkelly7543 yes he is, please lay off the kool aid. You must be smoking hunters crack if you think he isnt

[@robertwoodcock222]

​@@kevinkelly7543true dat, calling Tbag corrupt would be an insult to corrupt people everywhere!

[@angelsaltamontes7336]

​@@piratessalyx7871 You really admire what you say, don't you?

[@troybaxter]

@@piratessalyx7871 TDS. Trump exposed a lot of the corruption going on in our government in media, and Biden is returning that corruption back tenfold.

[@jimcochran1128]

I don’t believe Harding’s or Grant’s administrations can hold a candle to what’s going on now!

[@kristaskrastina2863]

Just believe it :) We sold Alaska to the US for $7,2 million in 1867. At the same time a single building of NY County Courthouse did cost $12 million - nearly twice as much! Nah, THAT level of corruption looks unbeatable. At least for USA.

[@JohnSmith-ct5jd]

Exactly! 100% There is no way they are anywhere near as corrupt as the "Bidenista" regime we have today.

[@MadScientist267]

Yes he spelled "Donald Trump" wrong indeed 🤷‍♂️

[@augustuscaesar8287]

​@@MadScientist267Idc whether you're a repub or dem, you need to pull your head out of your... cul (Google translate that last word if you're not good with context clues, it's French). Donald Trump didn't have the FBI going after his political opponents. Donald Trump didn't receive $1.5 million from China and $4 million from Ukraine in 2019. Donald Trump doesn't have a crack head son using their last name to sell political influence. All of that's been happening since 2020, and has never happened before. Ignoring Biden's ridiculous amount of crimes, making up excuses and pointing the finger at orange man bad doesn't serve anyone, especially you, but the powers that be. That would make you a shill, a weak minded dolt whose opinion is not to be taken seriously... is that you? If not, then shut the hell up with your finger pointing.

[@markdellacqua1038]

Where's the corruption?@@MadScientist267

[@tylerbarth3113]

99% of the time, when you think you've seen the worst, history goes "hold my beer." I wish people understood that.

[@russell6022]

Joe Biden: hold my beer....😂

[@heathersumner4766]

Just realized Eugene Levy is THE choice to play Harding in a very funny biopic

[@georgettebirmelin1210]

It's the eye brows!

[@danielpruitt8550]

Please I want to see this be a movie with Eugene Levy a movie about Warren Harding!

[@dsxa918]

ALF

[@dankthegank4315]

“Well why would he make a good President?” “Because he looks like a President.” -_-

[@landtuna8061]

Sounds like the same thing said about JFK.

[@thebookwasbetter3650]

Our history teacher said it was bc women tot the right to vote and he was better looking.

[@otisdylan9532]

@@thebookwasbetter3650 He won by such a huge margin that I'm pretty sure he got a majority of the male vote too.

[@michaelb1761]

Ahead of their time.

[@ivanam.1613]

Not too far off

[@jrcell5832]

Joe Biden: Hold my beer

[@watcher6555]

He lost that title to our current prez.

[@jokerz7936]

Harding's friends just followed Jerry's example they screwed everyone they could.

[@markmh835]

And that, kind readers, is the moral of this sordid saga. Don't be a Jerry.

[@petecarroll3949]

Jerry Who? Jerry springer or Jerry Lewis or Jerry Lee Louis 👏👏👏👍👍👍😂😂😂

[@dankmazzi2376]

Beaver hunting was very popular back in the day.......

[@MiaHessMusic]

"Eyebrowns that deserved their own Biographics!" LOL! Whoever writes the copy should get a gold star for that one!

[@blakespower]

I would like to live in that moment of history like it was transitioning from old ways to the modern age

[@geshaun1]

And Biden said, Hold my beer!

[@suhanhwang9988]

I wouldn't say corrupt, but more along the lines of "Spineless".

[@serephita]

He was definitely corrupt lol

[@teo2shifty]

@@serephita all presidents are.

[@serephita]

@@teo2shifty and water is wet :)

[@chasebelcher7932]

Just like the president currently

[@odysseus9176]

@@chasebelcher7932 Just like every president in the last 60 years

[@jakethomson2991]

As Dana Carvey's Church Lady would say about Harding's sudden death, "How convenient."

[@justinweber4977]

And sometimes, a coincidence really is just that. Whether this was or wasn't I can't say. But it's always worth keeping in mind.

[@janina8559]

Isn’t that special!

[@christobalcolon6601]

Fun fact: Saturday Night Live debuted in 1975 on NBC, but it was a follow-up retake of Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell on ABC from earlier in the year. The jingle was "Saturday Night Live, Live Saturday Night!" Howard Cosell, the youngest US Army major specialising in military propaganda, and the programming machine continues decades later, it must be inducing the masses.

[@user-ih4nu5vc9f]

David subscribes to the "stuff your tent into the bag" strategy over nicely folding it.

[@MrKWiley918]

Biden said, "Hold my beer"

[@johnmccloskey7199]

"bland cliches is what Americans wanted to hear." Boy that hit hart lmao.

[@morgansheepman2403]

What did Kevin Hart do to deserve that?

[@atti_tube]

And it still rings true today...

[@bman6065]

More today than ever. Americans don't have the attention span to watch debates of the nineties. They need reality TV stars and the equivalent news anchors.

[@ziggymorris8760]

Look at trump……

[@PrezVeto]

@@ziggymorris8760 oh look, there's a bland cliche now

[@normanlesley1867]

Well, he has competition now.

[@YungDon-qv4oq]

Yes he does lmao

[@TheWasif]

@David Erickson nice try

[@crystalnait455]

@David Erickson not a fan of Biden but i don't think he is the one that is hiding his tax returns desperately or the one who put most his family in the cabinet getting payed with tax payers money yet still doing business with countries they go to as " official government visit" , or the one who pardoned crooks who helped him get elected ...shall we continue , the list is still veryyyyy long

[@jamespero6803]

@@crystalnait455 u do realize he never accepted his pay for being prez all four years in office. He didn't didn't take any tax payers money so u can scratch that off your list

[@crystalnait455]

@@jamespero6803 oh he did , making officials stay at his hotels and charging them at the expense of the tax payers , not to mention charging security services for staying at his resort in Florida while protecting him and his family , which makes every dime go back right into his pocket Let's not forget also about the sweet deals Ivanka git in china and Saudi Arabia while in official visit as usa envoyee Politicians are all corrupt some more than others but Donald trump and his family really take the cake

[@StopWhining491]

All this time and politicians have only gotten worse.

[@miaouew]

"A business friendly playboy with more interest in girls and booze than running the nation" Hmm.

[@MarloSoBalJr]

Sounds eerily Kennedy-ish doesn't it?

[@miaouew]

I was thinking it describes quite a number of presidents.

[@phoghat]

Just remember what Eddie Murphy said in raw when you become president you should be allowed to get a BJ whatever you want

[@royalpayn4089]

I can think of around 6 after he died with a similar description

[@mr.nemesis6442]

Kennedy was that kind of president but he did a great job. Clinton was also that type and he wasn’t a absolute disaster. Trump fits that description and we need another decade to so to really view him objectively however I still think he did a decent job. All of these guys are better than a dementia ridden puppet.

[@paulkurilecz4209]

I think that best way to describe him is as a "front man", the clean image presented to the world while those behind the scenes go about their nefarious business.

[@quantumfoam140]

Welcome to every other president in American history.

[@kristaskrastina2863]

@@quantumfoam140 Nah, most of them were involved in politics a lot more that Harding.

[@lenculpepper9150]

That's a nice summation of what's going on today. What about Harding?

[@glennmorris4295]

Biden saw this and said "hold my beer"

[@RhodesTTU]

Joe Biden: “hold my be-k-k-ts-a , oh you know the thing”

[@kingkeurig8679]

I just lost it at "by God did Harding have trouble controlling Jerry." Thank you Simon for the laughs! Please do an episode on Erich Hartmann, the most successful ace in history with 352 confirmed kills!

[@kcbh24]

No more highlights on death.

[@ulrichweiss9912]

@@kcbh24 You're kidding.

[@TheMan-WithNoName]

@@kcbh24 is that a cod joke?

[@TheMan-WithNoName]

@Death More death excuse me?

[@williestyle35]

Simon and team have done an episode on Erick Heartmann ! 😉

[@censusgary]

By the way, Harding did not visit “the western state of Alaska.” Alaska was a federal territory when Harding was there. It did not become a state until 1959, three and a half decades after Harding’s death.

[@edphillips2998]

What was said was that he took a visit “…to the Western states and Alaska”.

[@sealy3]

Was not a state! It was a western territory of Alaska!@@edphillips2998

[@jimfromctown1]

There's a lot of incorrect hisotry in this video.

[@nupt9473]

The parallels are pretty eerie...

[@ThePixelated_kris]

*everyone turns to biden, trump (maybe), obama, and clinton and an honorary mention richard nixon

[@jonelfilipek7848]

Trump: Hold my Diet Coke.

[@glane3962]

Biden

[@SconnerStudios]

finally, someone has correctly said diet coke instead of beer. Trump never drinks alcohol or smokes, but he continues to drink that garbage despite his famous tweetstorm over diet coke.

[@alpharius4434]

As a Belgian, I simply never heard of the guy before today. Quite fascinating stuff, I've learned.

[@cesaravegah3787]

Your frigging king Leopold is way too much evil for you to need to learn

[@thequixoticangler3364]

He's a bit of a forgotten figure even here in America. I knew who he was, but I learned a lot about him here.

[@jerbear7952]

I won't hold it against you, most people over here aren't even familiar with your country. Those that are know it for chocolate and acting like a turnpike for the germans.

[@jamesdellaneve9005]

Yeah. 70% of Americans wouldn’t know this history.

[@GregNickoloff]

Most Americans would have no idea who he was either.

[@RRHardyHar]

Really loving the coverage of forgotten presidents, hope this is a repeating trend. While you're at it, I would really love a video on Henry Kissinger or J. Edgar Hoover, two controversial titans of their time. Keep up the great educational work 👍😘

[@Foolish188]

Some Presidents should be forgotten.

[@icyzombies5281]

@@Foolish188 like your mom

[@stevenschnepp576]

It's a shame what history did to Hoover. He wasn't nearly as terrible as people think. FDR, on the other hand...

[@StoneStraiff]

@@stevenschnepp576 ikr

[@akgov19]

@@stevenschnepp576 could you suggest reliable sources of information about FDR? Thanks

[@Rockinbiker1946]

Joe Biden just called, he said "Hold my beer"...

[@Fred_the_Head]

Joe Biden says “Hold my beer!”

[@LostNspace-jn1ds]

Well like they say “birds of a feather flock together” Harding couldn’t tell anyone no and apparently neither could Jerry it’s almost like they were meant for eachother 😂

[@itsjustnopinionok]

Lol

[@channeler231]

Good one.

[@rachelreid7461]

well you can add biden to that list

[@jeffw.4205]

Well, at least Jerry wasn't actively screwing America, unlike Trump.

[@Ihasanart]

"That energy was something he lacked" Well yeah, he was giving it to all the women around him.

[@thejason755]

BADUMBUMPUM-PSSSHHHH

[@youtubehatesfreedom1870]

Maybe that's why joe has no energy it's being drained out by the ladies , lol unfortunately it's more like the kid sniffing making him tired

[@PFay]

@@youtubehatesfreedom1870 please, take your meds. How come you Q people have this unhealthy preoccupation with paedophilia?

[@ronnelson7828]

Joe Bidet: Hold my beer.

[@user-ko2xg6rv5u]

The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.

[@SuperGreatSphinx]

Charity

[@HigherrConsciousness]

" It was a clear black night, a clear white moon Warren G was on the streets, trying to consume"

[@turdferguson2982]

"just hit the west side of the LBC, on a mission; trying to find president Warren G"

[@ciaransavio]

Please do an episode on Eamonn de Valera, he was the most prominent political figure in 20th century Ireland. He was part of rebellions , the civil war and ensuring Ireland stayed neutral during WW2. He is a controversial figure with triumphs and *numerous* points of critique. He is definitely worthy of a video.

[@clinthowe7629]

Frank McCourt “half the teachers would hit you if you didn’t know that Eamonn de Valera was the greatest Irishman that ever lived, the other half would hit you if you didn’t know that Michael Collins was the greatest Irishman that ever lived.” 😱

[@rickyhunt4075]

I'd love to see some on Dev, Collins, Connolly, Emmet, Parnell, Casement, etc. Irish history is overlooked on the world stage.

[@markcarey67]

Yes. That would be a great biographics. I hate that bastard because he threw Micheal Collins under the bus and helped catalyze a pointless civil war but I'd like to see a Biographics on him.

[@charlesbaughman4439]

Who here is sick of the tapered voice when key info is spoken? Get it together Simon!

[@leeboy26]

Ireland was always in an impossible position in WW2, but sending a message of condolence to Germany after the death of Hitler was somewhat tone deaf.

[@emmaloriy5515]

Would love a bio of Spiro Agnew

[@mikelovejoy1690]

Yeah. We are going to need new cover art for this one Simon.

[@ethanramos4441]

“I am not fit for this office and should never have been here” Warren G. Harding

[@JamesP29]

Sounds more like Joe Biden..

[@alexanderblack5975]

@@JamesP29 JOE BIDEN IS THE GREATEST POLITICAN WE EVER HAD HE PUTS ALL THE OTHERS TO SHAME MOVE ASIDE LINCON, THERE'S A NEW HOT PRESIDENT IN TOWN

[@JamesP29]

@@alexanderblack5975 you're being sarcastic right?

[@Redemptorchapter]

My personal opinion is that statement applies to 95% of all public officials who have ever existed and 99% of all current public officials....

[@mikeoveli1028]

Come on as more information comes out the Trump administration is going to be the winner of this game. Just look at the basics, using campaign money to pay someone off. A hooker no less, 26 rape accusation (one by his 1st ex wife) 2 impeachments, Jan 6, footsies with the Russians, and we are just barely looking into the last 2.5 months in office. Harding is going to look like the Pope himself.

[@ahibbs87]

Anyone catch the Citizen Kane quote, "It might be fun to run a newspaper?"

[@patriciahenderson2096]

Rosebud

[@bigfoot-id8bv]

Biden said “hold my ice cream”

[@ItsDaPlumber]

Joe Biden says "Hold my beer" Warren!!

[@emdoubleyew3788]

Good luck to whomever mods these comments. You’re a brave soul, Simon.

[@mangot589]

I’m waiting for 4,396,721 comments about bad orange man😂

[@JustAnother_Irishman]

Yeah right.... We couldn't just have people saying whatever they like. What a terrible concept.

[@mangot589]

@William Armstrong You bet your sweet pippy. I’ve been censored for responding in the EXACT same way to posters that they’re posting. They can call ME all kinds of names, etc. And that’s all right by them. But, I guess I’m not on the “correct” side or whatever. This will probably get taken down too. 🤷‍♀️ censorship at its finest.

[@HighlanderNorth1]

@@JustAnother_Irishman 💥😫💥 Oh..... My..... God! How dare you poke fun at such a serious issue! Of course conservatives and Republicans should be censored, even when posting provable facts in an inoffensive way! Oh, and why shouldn't leftists be allowed to be spiteful and insulting when they arbitrarily label conservatives "Nazis" and "racists" for posting inconvenient facts!? How else can we destroy America(and UK, Australia, NZ, Germany, etc) and create the communist super-state that we corrupt, multi-billionaire leftist oligarchs SO desire!? ☹️⁉️

[@JustAnother_Irishman]

@@HighlanderNorth1 OMG can't believe you forgot to call me a misogynist patriarchal scumbag 😁

[@hannamakela6989]

"..might be fun to run a newspaper." Citizen Kane is always worth quoting. :)

[@robertmclean9737]

Not any more!!

[@TRHARTAmericanArtist]

"Hey, hold my beer!" - Joe Biden

[@deriz207]

You should follow up with his successor, Calvin Coolidge

[@DaisyBuchanan99]

Yes! He is one of my favorite Presidents ☺️.

[@Josephjazzy007]

The silent Cal as we have been told

[@calvincoolidge3406]

I agree

[@michaelhurley3171]

He did do Coolidge

[@rudranshu65sengupta14]

@@michaelhurley3171 Nope.

[@aethelwolfe3539]

He might have been a sell out, but he didn’t sell out to foreign enemies.

[@ferengiprofiteer9145]

Clinton, Obama, Biden come to mind.

[@TheGoliathen]

Don't forget Trump. You do know he owes a Chinese bank 260 million on a loan he took out cause no US banks would loan him any money, right?

[@StefanMedici]

@@TheGoliathen and the Germans, till they stopped lending, and the Saudis. The guy likes borrowing money, getting him to pay it back might be an issue 😂

[@MagaPatriot1776]

@@TheGoliathen Look up the water islands. I do believe China joe owns it.

[@robertwoodpa6463]

@@TheGoliathen Show me anything in his policies to show he sold out to the Chinese. Quite the opposite actually but facts don't matter to Lefties.

[@rabbitramen]

Simon got the rail part wrong. It wasn't run out of town on a train, but rather a fence rail that one was tied to hand and foot and then being carried out town by one's tormentors.

[@KingOhmni]

"A man so genile that he would probably shampoo your ballsack if he thought it would make you like him". This is why I love biographics. It's factual and informative like History channel used to be before before the aliens took over. But you also get that internet magic of lines like that. Mhuwa! (chef kiss sound)

[@CoolMoeDea21]

That's Simon for you.

[@nvr2late666]

*genial

[@jeffreytowles3128]

If anyone else said that they would sound crude and weird. Stay classy Simon!

[@oldenweery7510]

I liked the Scrooge McDuck reference, too!

[@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

Channeling a hint of his Business Balze channel, lol.

[@TrueRetroflection]

Jerry really put the “hard” in Harding

[@lloydster9000]

BUH DUH BUM BUM TISSSSS

[@markmh835]

Nope, it was HARDing that lent a hand to Jerry. Really stiffened him up. Pushed him forward. Took him places. Helped him make friends. Harding -- the ultimate wingman. 😁👍🍆

[@Anonymous99997]

“Hold my beer.” -Joe Biden

[@__Peter]

trump said okaay wait for me

[@goldentaco4970]

My middle school was named after this man. A horn dog who never wanted to work too hard? I hope they never change it.

[@djholliday4413]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Learn the history kids.

[@jessicajujubean5004]

Its cool to be able to say you attended a school named after a crooked greedy horndog. Its like having your school named after Al Capone lol

[@goldentaco4970]

@@jessicajujubean5004 😆😆😆. Not quite as cool as Capone middle school would sound.

[@bobbrock4221]

Warren Harding is the best president in history.

[@toinessboss3655]

No joke, i would pay extra to have this man as my professor at the University Edit: i meant the host of the show and not mr Warren.

[@CrumplyPizza]

Just don't bring your wife or GF to class

[@yacob1113]

tell that to my H.S. geography teacher Dr. Harding, supposedly related to Warren G Harding

[@tristramcoffin926]

It would be like any other predictable progressive professor giving you 'education'.

[@dsxa918]

"Tap teapot dome" - Simon Whistler

[@janstolk486]

Biden ,..... hold my ice cream !

[@TheJaviferrol]

Susan B. Anthony: "Women, we have spent decades, fighting for out right to vote. So, when you go to those booths and cast you ballot, remember, Warren G. Harding is way the cutest!!!!!"

[@TheJaviferrol]

@Martin Alexander Is a quote from Family Guy

[@brianprinty112]

@@TheJaviferrol You seemed to have ruffled the feathers of Officer Alexander from the comment police

[@brianprinty112]

@Martin Alexander It's a punchline from Family Guy. Is that okay with you?

[@savagedarksider5934]

Hello Seventh Doctor.

[@jakemac1396]

@Martin Alexander shut up marty. Stop taking yourself so seriously. You know we all die at the end right?

[@kevinsmith-sg5uj]

The fact that Simon keeps saying “Jerry” is amazing hahahaha

[@lw1391]

Okay I really wasn't expecting to hear the phrase "shampoo your ballsack" , but I guess here we are. @2:59

[@duaneroyal7867]

Bill Clinton says, “Hold my beer.”

[@walterweddle7644]

I took my girls to his home and memorial twice in Marion Ohio. One daughter completed a grade school report about Warren Harding. Harding released Eugene Deb's from prison.

[@newbatgirl]

I can’t look at these Harding pics without seeing Carson from Downton Abbey. Welp, I guess that’s who should play him in the biopic.

[@wellesradio]

HAHA! I’ve always thought the same thing!! Harding looked like Jim Carter (Carson) mixed him with Sam the Eagle from the Muppets. Although both Sam and Carson would never put up with Harding’s immoral character.

[@zenferg]

I'd love to hear you do a Bio on "Iceburgh Slim" The pimp.that wrote fifteen books.He was actually very intelligent eloquent and very phylosophical

[@brianboe3774]

Joe Biden… “hold my beer”

[@michaelb1761]

Teapot Dome "Scandal" has been considered standard practice ever since, no matter the party affiliation of the president.

[@tomcooley3778]

Iran Contra !