Sunday, June 8, 2008

Our first black President


Not so fast all you Obamamaniacs. Perhaps you are not aware that many historians believe that this honor was already won by our 29th President, Warren G. Harding. According to a recent New York Times article, President Harding may well have had an African-American great-grandmother.

While probably best know for the Teapot Dome scandal, I've always admired him for having several high school pals either in his cabinet or as close advisers. One of them rented a house near the White House where they regularly played poker, drank, and may possibly have entertained some ladies.

The evidence is inconclusive, but as a proud graduate of Warren G. Harding High School in Warren, Ohio, I hope it is true. Ohio gave flight and light to the world, but the last couple of decades have been tough for the Buckeye state. This is an honor that can bring the spotlight home again.

7 comments:

Are We Really? said...

Why is Warren G.Harding only showing us the left side of his head. What is on the right side of Warren G. Harding's head?

d'blank said...

I believe he was posing for a new coin -- the 35 cent piece -- which never made it to market. It was another unfortunate biproduct of Teapot Dome.

Anonymous said...

I love it, it only makes the future so much more fun.

Anonymous said...

Isn't Bush in competition with Harding for the worst President EVER??!!!

Love the pic of you with Joe.

kgwhit said...

Cox should have won that election and Harding have gone back to full time gambling. Then Cox would not have gone into the publishing business and my cable company would be owned by some other incompetent besides the offspring of Gov. Cox.

d'blank said...

AY -- you are slandering my man Warren G.

Anonymous said...

Bush makes Harding look like Franklin Roosevelt by comparison.

Actually Franklin Roosevelt was Cox's running mate in the 1920 election. Had Cox won, Roosevelt probably wouldn't have contracted polio. I don't have a point here but it's interesting nonetheless.