A Real Democratic statement on Republicans by Harry S. Truman

[WI_DEM]

What happened to REAL Democratic presidents who stood up for the many instead of the few?

"Republicans approve of the American farmer, but they are willing to help him go broke. They stand four-square for the American home--but not for housing. They are strong for labor--but they are stronger for restricting labor's rights. They favor minimum wage--the smaller the minimum wage the better. They endorse educational opportunity for all--but they won't spend money for teachers or for schools. They think modern medical care and hospitals are fine--for people who can afford them. They consider electrical power a great blessing--but only when the private power companies get their rake-off. They think the American standard of living is a fine thing--so long as it doesn't spread to all the people. And they admire the Government of the United States so much that they would like to buy it."
Harry Truman

[RaleighNCDUer]

1. Hear, hear.

Truman had his faults, but not standing up to the Republicans was not one of them.

[hifiguy]

2. How I wish I would hear ONE Democratic office holder

speak with that kind of no-BS forthrightness today. Harry called it just the way it is.

[demosincebirth]

5. Bernie Sanders has been, basically, saying the same thing for many years. I guess

no one listens. My father, who was born in 1904, told me that his whole life.

[FSogol]

3. K & R. n/t

[Trajan]

4. More Truman

"Carry the battle to them. Don't let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive and don't ever apologize for anything.", Harry S. Truman

Something our current batch of Democratic politicians should bear in mind in their cozy retreats .....

[demosincebirth]

6. Truman, FDR same mold. Except one was rich and one was not.