Plain Speaking with Ed Flanders

[TreasonousBastard]

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No idea where I got this from, but Harry Truman was indeed one of the greats, even if he did give Pendergast a pass, of sorts.

[lapfog_1]

1. never saw that before

and now we know where "Give 'em hell, Harry!" comes from... and the reply "I don't give 'em Hell, I just tell the truth and they think its Hell"

He didn't like Ike... and he didn't think much of the Kennedys either.

But he sure has Trump's number, even if he had never heard of Trump.

[pecosbob]

2. Greatly underappreciated president IMO

He personally spearheaded the drive to streamline the war production effort, eliminating 'waste, inefficiency and war-profiteering' that were costing thousands of American lives during WWII (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truman_Committee). Also was responsible for the modernization of our entire Federal government and brought us into the 20th century.

[dmr]

6. Thank you for that link.

I read it all ... fascinating and interesting.

[MusicLikeDirt]

3. I kept reading this as "Ned Flanders"

hididdly ho neighburritos!

Nowadays, a show like this wouldn't fly.

Requires WAYYYY too much attention span for nowadays people.

Whodathunk I'd look back on the 1970s or 1980s as a "simpler time."

[dmr]

4. Me, too!

[MusicLikeDirt]

5. Hidilly diddly!

[pecosbob]

7. I highly recommend David McCullough's audiobook biography of Truman

A truly great historical writer and a fascinating history.