As for Coolidge's personality, there has never been a president as misunderstood .
as him. He had a dry, but witty style of humor. His inactivity was very misunderstood .
and often made people question his decisions. An observer of him stated, "I noticed that .
President Coolidge never grinned after his jokes to punctuate them. This mislead people. .
They sometimes thought his remarks were dumb. Whatever may be said of Calvin .
Coolidge, he was not dumb. And many a dumb remark of his afterwards recounted .
merely reflects the dullness of the narrator- (Sobel 237). This more than sums up his .
personality, or lack there of. .
The importance of his personality was significant. His humor always kept .
people's attention. If they did not pay attention then they would have missed one of his .
thoughts or ideas. His personality was unmatched in Washington or anywhere else he .
held office. It was his mellow style of speaking and his way of staying away form .
backing or rejecting an idea that made so many people appreciate him. If he had been as .
outspoken as Harding or other former presidents, then perhaps he would not have been .
able to get his point across.
"Coolidge faced many challenges as president, but none were more aggravating to .
him than Congress. "Coolidge clearly had no real control over the Republican Congress. .
The Kansas City Star, generally considered independent, wrote about the poor .
Republican record in Congress, and wondered "how those Republican senators and .
representatives who have opposed Coolidge policies and have voted to override his .
vetoes can say anything for the party candidate without condemning themselves."" Other .
newspapers remarked that it wasn't only the progressives and the farm bloc that opposed .
Coolidge. An independent newspaper, the Milwaukee Journal, put the matter bluntly: .
"The captains on his staff listen to his commands and then do as they please."" It .
resembled a war, thought the St.
