Quote from: quiller on December 08, 2015, 05:07:51 PM
And as Rompin' Ronnie Reagan said, you old coot, "There you go again!" 

Yeah! That is a shortcoming of mine.

QuoteHarry S Truman was in fact a Democrat, and the last one we didn't have to apologize for. He knew there are some hard calls no President can avoid, and enemies who will never listen.

While there are traits Ol' Harry had that were laudable, he was not a very good President. Canning MacArthur was probably his finest moment. Getting snookered by Uncle Joe and sending our troops unconstitutionally to Korea was a piss poor decision that cost a lot of good men, materials, and money. Nationalizing, or attempting to, the Railroads, was another bad idea. Continuing to pack the SCOTUS with liberal, basically unqualified Justices, is still creating problems today. Getting pissed because some critic was unfavorable to Margaret was a tad over the top.

In fairness, however, Ol' Harry and Bess left the White House with style and grace, a trait unknown since.

Quite frankly, if I could have met any of the Presidents in my lifetime, and had a beer with him, it would have been Old Harry S.

QuoteTruman would take Obama off to one side and probably rip his throat out.

And that would be his finest moment.

QuoteBut that would be fantasy, for Truman and old-style Democrats are all dead, and so is their idea of patriotism.

Remember us Old Style DIMS, or those of us raised in DIM households, were racists, slavers, Segregationists, and all against Ike and his Invasion of Arkansas. Thank you! Back to your regular programming now.

Quote from: Shooterman on December 12, 2015, 08:26:34 AM
Quite frankly, if I could have met any of the Presidents in my lifetime, and had a beer with him, it would have been Old Harry S.

And he was WWI veteran.
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Having been to most of the Presidential Libraries I will say that Harry's Library was the most surprising.  It was unvarnished IMO.  It gave the good, bad and ugly of old Harry.

Harry got started in politics through organized crime in Kansas City.  He was just a stoolie of sorts but it launched his career.  He never wanted or expected to go high in politics but once again he was in the right place at the right time and the VP job fell in his lap as a compromise deal of sorts.  Then old FDR up and died on him! 

But through it all Harry remained remarkably honest!  He went back to Independence with no wealth or desire for fame.  He moved back into the old house he and Bess had lived in since their marriage.  It had belonged to Bess's Mom.  They inherited it.  It was just an old frame house... unpretentious!

Times have certainly changed!