Tue Sep 19, 2023, 12:24 AM

Plain Speaking with Ed Flanders

https://m.&feature=youtu.be

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.

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7 replies	Author	Time	Post
Plain Speaking with Ed Flanders (Original post)	TreasonousBastard	Tuesday	OP
never saw that before	lapfog_1	Tuesday	#1
Greatly underappreciated president IMO	pecosbob	Tuesday	#2
Thank you for that link.	dmr	Tuesday	#6
I kept reading this as "Ned Flanders"	MusicLikeDirt	Tuesday	#3
Me, too!	dmr	Tuesday	#4
Hidilly diddly!	MusicLikeDirt	Tuesday	#5
I highly recommend David McCullough's audiobook biography of Truman	pecosbob	Tuesday	#7

Response to TreasonousBastard (Original post)

Tue Sep 19, 2023, 03:02 AM

lapfog_1 (28,205 posts)

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.

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Response to TreasonousBastard (Original post)

Tue Sep 19, 2023, 03:19 AM

pecosbob (7,148 posts)

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.

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Response to pecosbob (Reply #2)

Tue Sep 19, 2023, 07:48 AM

dmr (28,099 posts)

6. Thank you for that link.

I read it all ... fascinating and interesting.

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Response to TreasonousBastard (Original post)

Tue Sep 19, 2023, 04:56 AM

MusicLikeDirt (13 posts)

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."

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Response to MusicLikeDirt (Reply #3)

Tue Sep 19, 2023, 04:58 AM

dmr (28,099 posts)