![]() ![]() And to tell the truth, there’s hardly any difference!” (Truman was a competent pianist) ![]() “My choices in life were either to be a piano player in a whore house or a politician. I also appreciate that he had a wry and blunt Midwestern sense of humor.įor example, here’s what Truman once said about his past and his improbable road to the presidency. He was a moderate who didn’t hate Republicans or conservatives. Truman was a political figure who is almost non-existent in today’s Democrat Party. ![]() Then there is the fact that of all American presidents, he was one of the most unlikely individuals to occupy the White House. Okay, so why is Harry Truman one of my favorite presidents?įirst, I respect Truman’s genuine humility. It has moved so near to socialism as to be almost undistinguishable from that habitually failed governmental system and its more toxic cousin, communism. So why, then, is “give ‘em hell” Harry one of my favorite presidents?īefore I answer that, let me say that I doubt if Truman would even recognize today’s Democrat Party. ![]()
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