Scandal is one of the first words one associates with the Presidency of Warren Harding. Some speculate that worry about scandal might have been what killed Harding, when he died unexpectedly on a western trip in 1923. Many of the scandals were the result of misplaced trust that Harding had for his friends. He once famously said, "“I have no trouble ( Read more... )

Does a President's personal failings in adhering to his marriage vows affect his fitness to lead? And if he lies to his nation about a personal collateral matter, such as whether or not he was sexually intimate with a White House intern, is that grounds for his impeachment? These and other questions were on the minds of the public and in Congress ( Read more... )

One of the less flattering aspects of the image of President John F. Kennedy is his numerous alleged instances of marital infidelity. As President, Kennedy reportedly had affairs with a number of women, including Gunilla von Post, Judith Campbell, Mary Pinchot Meyer, Marlene Dietrich, Mimi Alford, and Pamela Turnure who was his wife's press ( Read more... )

Scandal is one of the first words one associates with the Presidency of Warren Harding. Some speculate that worry about scandal might have been what killed Harding, when he died unexpectedly on a western trip in 1923. Many of the scandals were the result of misplaced trust that Harding had for his friends. He once famously said, "“I have no trouble ( Read more... )

One of the less flattering aspects of the image of President John F. Kennedy is his numerous alleged instances of marital infidelity. As President, Kennedy reportedly had affairs with a number of women, including Gunilla von Post, Judith Campbell, Mary Pinchot Meyer, Marlene Dietrich, Mimi Alford, and Pamela Turnure who was his wife's press ( Read more... )

Does a President's personal failings in adhering to his marriage vows affect his fitness to lead? And if he lies to his nation about a personal collateral matter, such as whether or not he was sexually intimate with a White House intern, is that grounds for his impeachment? These and other questions were on the minds of the public and in Congress ( Read more... )

One of the darker aspects of the image of President John F. Kennedy is his numerous alleged instances of marital infidelity. As President, Kennedy reportedly had affairs with a number of women, including Gunilla von Post, Judith Campbell, Mary Pinchot Meyer, Marlene Dietrich, Mimi Alford, and Pamela Turnure who was his wife's press secretary. ( Read more... )

At various times in this series, a phenomenon had been discussed called the "six year itch" in which the party of those presidents who serve two terms in office suffer losses in mid-term elections held during the sixth year of that president's term in office. This has happened to every president since Andrew Jackson except one. In the 1998 mid-term ( Read more... )

In March of 2016 the theme in this community was "Presidents Behaving Badly". Each day's entry focused on the misdeeds or transgressions of some president, reminding us that to err is human, and all Presidents are human. At the conclusion of that series, on March 31, 2016, the following essay was posted, summing up what we can learn from all of ( Read more... )

It's time once again to look back on the year that was, 2019, and the subjects tackled by potus_geeks. Here, behind a cut, is the year that was for this community.


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