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bvar22

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18. Thank You. I am unfamiliar with that quote.

Sun Oct 13, 2013, 03:51 PM

Oct 2013

I am adding it to my library of quotes from great Liberal Democrats!

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"I've seen it happen time after time. When the Democratic candidate allows himself to be put on the defensive and starts apologizing for the New Deal and the Fair Deal, and says he really doesn't believe in them, he is sure to lose. The people don't want a phony Democrat. If it's a choice between a genuine Republican, and a Republican in Democratic clothing, the people will choose the genuine article, every time; that is, they will take a Republican before they will a phony Democrat, and I don't want any phony Democratic candidates in this campaign."
---President Harry Truman

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[font size=4]Leadership! "The Buck Stops HERE!" NO Excuses![/font]

You will know them by their [font size=3]WORKS,[/font]
not by their Excuses.

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Thank You. I am unfamiliar with that quote. bvar22 Oct 2013 #18

Adding: bvar22 Oct 2013 #19

+1 xchrom Oct 2013 #20