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Major change to Warren G. Harding death section
I removed "* He is the only president to have a PhD." as it is false, that was Wilson.[[User:JamesBenjamin|JamesBenjamin]] 18:30, 29 June 2007 (EDT)
I removed "* He is the only president to have a PhD." as it is false, that was Wilson.[[User:JamesBenjamin|JamesBenjamin]] 18:30, 29 June 2007 (EDT)
== Major change to Warren G. Harding death section ==
I have taken it upon myself to make a major alteration to the death section of this article, which when I found it, suggested that there was a great unsolved mystery there. As that is at best an urban legend and at worst (which is my own cynical view) a propaganda move by liberal Democrats, I attempted to correct it. A sysop has kindly called my attention to the fact that I left no explanation, and noted that this might lead to a revert or a block. Natch, I do not wish this to happen. I am fairly new to this, and my mastery of the editing tools and Conservapedia process is very limited indeed. The changes I made were footnoted, all to the same source, but that secondary source, by a professor and noted Harding scholar, points to the primary sources, some of which I have checked in depth, and all of which I have checked to some degree, that is, by Net search. I would add that a close reading of Frederick Lewis Allen's work shows copious bias against Republicans. His entire thesis fits in with what Galbraith refers to in "The Great Crash 1929" as the myth of ten fat years followed by ten lean: an obvious reference to Exodus. The idea is that America was frivolous and selfish and sinful in the 1920s, and paid for it in the thirties. The sins of Harding are part of that narrative, as is the public's unconcern with the scandals which the Democrats in Congree flogged so assiduously. I don't see the point of an internet encyclopedia for conservatives if all it does is repeat liberal bias. So I sought to point out the shoddiness of Allen's "informal history" of Harding's death by the use of facts.
Still, I'm sorry if I offended anyone. I am new, and I can see that this entry has been the tool of a prankster vandal in the past, so I'm sure that there is some wariness. But if anyone digs up Prof. Ferrell's book, that will find my cites valid. And googling Means and Adams will similarly produce copious refernces to the facts cited (although to be sure, Ferrell is often given as the source).