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calimary

(81,560 posts)

53. Great song!

Reply to rurallib (Reply #20)

Sun Feb 11, 2018, 11:00 AM

Feb 2018

How'd I miss that one?

Thanks for posting it, rurallib! And, PatrickforO, thanks for the lyrics!

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Joe McCarthy wires President Truman, today 1950. Truman's response was epic. [View all] bigtree Feb 2018 OP

K&R and thanks! nt tblue37 Feb 2018 #1

Interesting. badhair77 Feb 2018 #2

it's an amazing document bigtree Feb 2018 #5

K&R... spanone Feb 2018 #3

How far we have fallen. Golden Raisin Feb 2018 #4

thanks for the reminder bigtree Feb 2018 #6

Now THERE is a man........... MyOwnPeace Feb 2018 #7

Truman was a true badass FakeNoose Feb 2018 #47

Wow, great response! Luciferous Feb 2018 #8

Give 'em hell, Harry!!! Martin Eden Feb 2018 #9

Even with some faults, he was a plain speaker. Blue_true Feb 2018 #16

America needs you, Harry Truman. PatrickforO Feb 2018 #10

gotta hear it! rurallib Feb 2018 #20

Great song! calimary Feb 2018 #53

Wow, totally awesome response. lark Feb 2018 #11

Anyone got a link to this? I want to believe it... keithbvadu2 Feb 2018 #12

This link says it was "probably unsent," but real. deurbano Feb 2018 #14

Thanks keithbvadu2 Feb 2018 #15

more extensive, substantive remarks bigtree Feb 2018 #18

Well, Mr Truman's thoughts are open to debate. malthaussen Feb 2018 #22

I don't think he was suggesting anything of the kind in the passage at the link bigtree Feb 2018 #25

Thank you so much for retrieving these from the archives, bigtree. erronis Feb 2018 #27

Well, it seems pretty straightforward to me: malthaussen Feb 2018 #32

picky trof Feb 2018 #40

McCarthy went far beyond criticism. Progressive dog Feb 2018 #51

We must all start using... Guilded Lilly Feb 2018 #28

Kick. JDC Feb 2018 #13

Yes it does. LakeArenal Feb 2018 #42

Indeed. JDC Feb 2018 #43

Great post. Thanks Pepsidog Feb 2018 #17

HST!!!!!!!!!!!!1 UTUSN Feb 2018 #19

That's what real leadership looks like duforsure Feb 2018 #21

Well, for all Mr Truman's tartness... malthaussen Feb 2018 #23

Harry Truman brave artilleryman from WWI. Not a Cadet Bonespur. kairos12 Feb 2018 #24

Reminds me of the scene in the original Manchurian Candidate Pope George Ringo II Feb 2018 #26

That's immediately what I visualized too. BigmanPigman Feb 2018 #31

Thanks, Bigtree. I'd vote for Harry today knowing Hortensis Feb 2018 #29

Good one Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Feb 2018 #30

Can we just forward this to the Zombie - Eyed granny starver? Volaris Feb 2018 #33

The original Truman draft is security ensconced in the Truman Library Brother Buzz Feb 2018 #34

Beautiful prose. Thanks! Hekate Feb 2018 #35

Epic indeed! BobTheSubgenius Feb 2018 #36

Great reply by HST burrowowl Feb 2018 #37

KICK Angry Dragon Feb 2018 #38

Joe McCarthy was the worst piece of excrement on the planet Motley13 Feb 2018 #39

wasn't it Harry... AZ8theist Feb 2018 #41

Yah, "The Buck Stops Here" was a plaque on his desk packman Feb 2018 #54

Collusion with Russkies, from Truman to Trump bucolic_frolic Feb 2018 #44

I love the word "insolent" MountCleaners Feb 2018 #45

K&R MustLoveBeagles Feb 2018 #46

Wonderful response. nt Honeycombe8 Feb 2018 #48

Wow! That response is fantastic nm AmericanActivist Feb 2018 #49

Wow ! Truman had guts ! syringis Feb 2018 #50

Great response by President Truman Gothmog Feb 2018 #52