George Walker Bush, our 43rd American President, has MUCH in common with Harry S. Truman, our 33rd American President -- and some piquant differences.
Both men were VERY much "misunderestimated" by many of the American People while they were in office.
Truman, who was considered by many of our effete "Liberal" eggheads and academics to have been a failure while he was in office is now considered to rank as one of our seven Near Great Presidents -- and #7 in the overall rankings.
Here's The List:
Great:
1. George Washington 2. Abraham Lincoln 3. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Near Great:
4. Thomas Jefferson 5. Theodore Roosevelt 6. Ronald Reagan 7. Harry Truman 8. Dwight Eisenhower 9. James Polk 10. Andrew Jackson
Both men were/are very STUBBORN and have/had GRIT, in the best American sense, in the face of unwarranted and misinformed criticism. So did Ronald Reagan.
They stuck to their guns and the Republic has been the better for it.
Historians will be writing some good books about all this -- and many bad ones too.
The best will come after most of us are long dead.
> George Walker Bush, our 43rd American President, has MUCH in common with > Harry S. Truman, our 33rd American President -- and some piquant > differences.
> Both men were VERY much "misunderestimated" by many of the American People > while they were in office.
> Truman, who was considered by many of our effete "Liberal" eggheads and > academics to have been a failure while he was in office is now considered to > rank as one of our seven Near Great Presidents -- and #7 in the overall > rankings.
> Here's The List:
> Great:
> 1. George Washington > 2. Abraham Lincoln > 3. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
> Near Great:
> 4. Thomas Jefferson > 5. Theodore Roosevelt > 6. Ronald Reagan > 7. Harry Truman > 8. Dwight Eisenhower > 9. James Polk > 10. Andrew Jackson
> Both men were/are very STUBBORN and have/had GRIT, in the best American > sense, in the face of unwarranted and misinformed criticism. So did Ronald > Reagan.
> They stuck to their guns and the Republic has been the better for it.
> Historians will be writing some good books about all this -- and many bad > ones too.
> The best will come after most of us are long dead.
D. Spencer Hines wrote: > George Walker Bush, our 43rd American President, has MUCH in common with > Harry S. Truman, our 33rd American President -- and some piquant > differences.
> Both men were VERY much "misunderestimated" by many of the American People > while they were in office.
> Truman, who was considered by many of our effete "Liberal" eggheads and > academics to have been a failure while he was in office is now considered to > rank as one of our seven Near Great Presidents -- and #7 in the overall > rankings.
talk about revisionism
It was the Douglas MacArthur loving right wing and the white supremecist south that hated Truman
from wiki
"The States' Rights Democratic Party was a short-lived splinter group that broke from the Democratic Party in 1948. The States' Rights Democratic Party opposed racial integration and wanted to retain Jim Crow laws and racial segregation. The party's slogan was "Segregation Forever!" Members of the States' Rights Democratic Party were often known as Dixiecrats.
During the 1948 Democratic National Convention, Southern delegates were upset by President Harry S. Truman's executive order to racially integrate the armed forces. The Mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota Hubert Humphrey gave a speech urging the party to adopt an anti-segregationist plank, causing thirty five delegates from Mississippi and Alabama to walk out. When President Truman endorsed the civil rights plank, governor of South Carolina Strom Thurmond helped organize the walkout delegates into a separate party, whose platform was ostensibly concerned with states' rights."
> 1. George Washington > 2. Abraham Lincoln > 3. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
> Near Great:
> 4. Thomas Jefferson > 5. Theodore Roosevelt > 6. Ronald Reagan > 7. Harry Truman > 8. Dwight Eisenhower > 9. James Polk > 10. Andrew Jackson
> Both men were/are very STUBBORN and have/had GRIT, in the best American > sense, in the face of unwarranted and misinformed criticism. So did Ronald > Reagan.
> They stuck to their guns and the Republic has been the better for it.
> Historians will be writing some good books about all this -- and many bad > ones too.
> The best will come after most of us are long dead.
<pant...@excelsior.com> wrote: >George Walker Bush, our 43rd American President, has MUCH in common with >Harry S. Truman, our 33rd American President -- and some piquant >differences.
>Both men were VERY much "misunderestimated" by many of the American People >while they were in office.
>Truman, who was considered by many of our effete "Liberal" eggheads and >academics to have been a failure while he was in office is now considered to >rank as one of our seven Near Great Presidents -- and #7 in the overall >rankings.
>Here's The List:
>Great:
>1. George Washington >2. Abraham Lincoln >3. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
>Near Great:
>4. Thomas Jefferson >5. Theodore Roosevelt >6. Ronald Reagan >7. Harry Truman >8. Dwight Eisenhower >9. James Polk >10. Andrew Jackson
I don't know who's wesponsible for that wanking list, but I can continue the list that Woody Allen started:
Best Fascist Dictator: 1. Adolf Hitler 2. Francisco Franco 3. Chester Arthur
Near Great:
4. Antonio Salazar 5. Augusto Pinochet 6. Benito Mussolini 7. Idi Amin 8. Karlis Ulmanis 9. Oswald Mosley 10. Eoin O'Duffy
> On May 15, 4:24 pm, "D. Spencer Hines" <pant...@excelsior.com> wrote: >> George Walker Bush, our 43rd American President, has MUCH in common with >> Harry S. Truman, our 33rd American President -- and some piquant >> differences.
>> Both men were VERY much "misunderestimated" by many of the American >> People >> while they were in office.
>> Truman, who was considered by many of our effete "Liberal" eggheads and >> academics to have been a failure while he was in office is now considered >> to >> rank as one of our seven Near Great Presidents -- and #7 in the overall >> rankings.
>> Here's The List:
>> Great:
>> 1. George Washington >> 2. Abraham Lincoln >> 3. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
>> Near Great:
>> 4. Thomas Jefferson >> 5. Theodore Roosevelt >> 6. Ronald Reagan >> 7. Harry Truman >> 8. Dwight Eisenhower >> 9. James Polk >> 10. Andrew Jackson
>> Both men were/are very STUBBORN and have/had GRIT, in the best American >> sense, in the face of unwarranted and misinformed criticism. So did >> Ronald >> Reagan.
>> They stuck to their guns and the Republic has been the better for it.
>> Historians will be writing some good books about all this -- and many bad >> ones too.
>> The best will come after most of us are long dead.
>> DSH
>> Lux et Veritas et Libertas
>> Deus Vult
> You're kidding, of course?
It's "happy hour" *hic* in Hawaii ....
- nilita (Mr. James Hogg would be proud of my use of alliteration)
> George Walker Bush, our 43rd American President, has MUCH in common with > Harry S. Truman, our 33rd American President -- and some piquant > differences.
> Both men were VERY much "misunderestimated" by many of the American People > while they were in office.
> Truman, who was considered by many of our effete "Liberal" eggheads and > academics to have been a failure while he was in office is now considered to > rank as one of our seven Near Great Presidents -- and #7 in the overall > rankings.
> Here's The List:
> Great:
> 1. George Washington > 2. Abraham Lincoln > 3. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
> Near Great:
> 4. Thomas Jefferson > 5. Theodore Roosevelt > 6. Ronald Reagan > 7. Harry Truman > 8. Dwight Eisenhower > 9. James Polk > 10. Andrew Jackson
how did ike get on the list. he was somewhere between useless and incompetent. and reagan besides being the now 2nd worst{the chimp bumped him up one spot} was a traitor. truman was fine but 7 is a bit high.
old hickory was a good president but he was the 2nd most evil man to be president. william henry harrison was the most evil, it's good he died early.
i'd give abe a nod over GWwith FDR/TJ tied at 3, then polk and TR to round out the top 5 spots.
<pant...@excelsior.com> wrote: >George Walker Bush, our 43rd American President, has MUCH in common with >Harry S. Truman, our 33rd American President -- and some piquant >differences.
>Both men were VERY much "misunderestimated" by many of the American People >while they were in office.
>Truman, who was considered by many of our effete "Liberal" eggheads and >academics to have been a failure while he was in office is now considered to >rank as one of our seven Near Great Presidents -- and #7 in the overall >rankings.
>Here's The List:
>Great:
>1. George Washington >2. Abraham Lincoln >3. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
>Near Great:
>4. Thomas Jefferson >5. Theodore Roosevelt >6. Ronald Reagan >7. Harry Truman >8. Dwight Eisenhower >9. James Polk >10. Andrew Jackson
>Both men were/are very STUBBORN and have/had GRIT, in the best American >sense, in the face of unwarranted and misinformed criticism. So did Ronald >Reagan.
>They stuck to their guns and the Republic has been the better for it.
Yeah, by firing Generals who told them what they didn't want to hear. -- "Before all else, be armed" -- Machiavelli
<fire...@firelaw.us> wrote: >D. Spencer Hines wrote: >> George Walker Bush, our 43rd American President, has MUCH in common with >> Harry S. Truman, our 33rd American President -- and some piquant >> differences.
>> Both men were VERY much "misunderestimated" by many of the American People >> while they were in office.
>> Truman, who was considered by many of our effete "Liberal" eggheads and >> academics to have been a failure while he was in office is now considered to >> rank as one of our seven Near Great Presidents -- and #7 in the overall >> rankings.
>talk about revisionism
>It was the Douglas MacArthur loving right wing and the white supremecist >south that hated Truman
>from wiki
>"The States' Rights Democratic Party was a short-lived splinter group >that broke from the Democratic Party in 1948. The States' Rights >Democratic Party opposed racial integration and wanted to retain Jim >Crow laws and racial segregation. The party's slogan was "Segregation >Forever!" Members of the States' Rights Democratic Party were often >known as Dixiecrats.
>During the 1948 Democratic National Convention, Southern delegates were >upset by President Harry S. Truman's executive order to racially >integrate the armed forces. The Mayor of Minneapolis, Minnesota Hubert >Humphrey gave a speech urging the party to adopt an anti-segregationist >plank, causing thirty five delegates from Mississippi and Alabama to >walk out. When President Truman endorsed the civil rights plank, >governor of South Carolina Strom Thurmond helped organize the walkout >delegates into a separate party, whose platform was ostensibly concerned >with states' rights."
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