[yareally]

Coincidentally, FDR's predecesor was an engineer and we know how that presidency went (not that it was entirely his fault, but he didn't make things better either)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Hoover#Mining_engineer

[FeloniousHam]

I enjoyed Megan Mcardle's take on Hoover:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/impromptu/forget-the...