Truman had it all figured out, did he?

[Delmar]

Thu Sep 1, 2016, 09:25 AM
CK_John (8,574 posts)

What is the big surprise? Truman had them figured out in 1948.


Harry Truman (1948):
Well, I have been studying the Republican Party for over 12 years at close hand in the Capital of the United States. And by this time, I have discovered where the Republicans stand on most of the major issues. Since they won't tell you themselves, I am going to tell you. They 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 a minimum wage--the smaller the minimum 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 condemn "cruelly high prices"--but fight to the death every effort to bring them down. They think American standard of living is a fine thing--so long as it doesn't spread to all the people. And they admire of Government of the United States so much that they would like to buy it.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512393203

Response to CK_John (Original post)Thu Sep 1, 2016, 10:45 AM
MyOwnPeace (616 posts)
4. A GREAT American hero.............

now THAT is "telling it like it is!"

Response to CK_John (Original post)Thu Sep 1, 2016, 10:53 AM
First Speaker (1,086 posts)
5. Truman was the most liberal President we've ever had

Let's keep this going.  How about a few more nuggets of wisdom from this klansman/failed haberdasher?

In 1911, the year he turned 27, Truman wrote to his future wife, Bess: "I think one man is just as good as another so long as he's honest and decent and not a ****** or a Chinaman. Uncle Will says that the Lord made a white man from dust, a ****** from mud, then He threw up what was left and it came down a Chinaman."

"(Uncle Will) does hate Chinese and Japs," Truman continued. "So do I. It is race prejudice, I guess. But I am strongly of the opinion Negroes ought to be in Africa, yellow men in Asia and white men in Europe and America."

More than 25 years later, Truman, then a U.S. senator from Missouri, wrote a letter to his daughter describing waiters at The White House as "an army of coons." In a letter to his wife in 1939 he referred to "****** picnic day."

http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19911103&slug=1314805

[fatboy]

Wasn't Truman the one that ordered the successful dropping of 2 atomic bombs on Japan?

[Big Dog]

Wasn't Truman the one that ordered the successful dropping of 2 atomic bombs on Japan?

Yes, but only because he couldn't find any church picnics in black neighborhoods.

[98ZJUSMC]

In 1911, the year he turned 27, Truman wrote to his future wife, Bess: "I think one man is just as good as another so long as he's honest and decent and not a ****** or a Chinaman. Uncle Will says that the Lord made a white man from dust, a ****** from mud, then He threw up what was left and it came down a Chinaman."

"(Uncle Will) does hate Chinese and Japs," Truman continued. "So do I. It is race prejudice, I guess. But I am strongly of the opinion Negroes ought to be in Africa, yellow men in Asia and white men in Europe and America."

More than 25 years later, Truman, then a U.S. senator from Missouri, wrote a letter to his daughter describing waiters at The White House as "an army of coons." In a letter to his wife in 1939 he referred to "****** picnic day."

[fatboy]

And wasn't Truman a big supporter of FDR, the man who ordered Americans of Japanese descent, to live in detention camps?

[Karin]

Nice little collection, Delmar.  The DUmmies haven't been over to visit, because they're high-fiving each other.  One suggested that their quotes should be made into a campaign ad.  Another posted it to their FB account.  Wonder if there'll be a response?

[Delmar]

Nice little collection, Delmar.  The DUmmies haven't been over to visit, because they're high-fiving each other.  One suggested that their quotes should be made into a campaign ad.  Another posted it to their FB account.  Wonder if there'll be a response?

That's just from one source.  There's lots of stuff on the internet about Truman's klan konnections.

Also, just as a fun exercise I googled the 2 words failed haberdasher and the results are funny.  The results would lead you to think that Truman is the only failed haberdasher in all of recorded history.

Another funny thing to read about is how the poverty Truman was living in after he left office became such an embarrassment that that's when congress voted to start giving former presidents a pension.  All Truman had to live off after he left office was a tiny WW1 pension.  Truman had been getting by by mooching money off of the very successful in life President Hoover--typical shameless democrat, vilifies Hoover for years, then comes begging for a handout.  Hoover also accepted the pension but quietly turned it immediately over to charity, so as not to embarrass Truman.  Sometimes Republicans show a little too much class.  This was one of those times.  It was the only time in his service to government that Hoover ever accepted government money.  While he was president he took no salary and even paid his own expenses.  Contrast that with shameless democrat grifters like the Obamas and Clintons.