I too dislike the comparison. Hoover got a bum rap because of the stock market crash and what followed. The crash was well on it’s way no matter who they elected. He just didn’t know how to counteract the situation. Look how many years it took FDR to correct it and a war to get us out of it.
My Uncle Fudd used to say you could tell a happy biker by the bugs on his teeth. Yes, that is what we called him.