Saturday, November 7, 2009

Bring Back Harry! -- Part 2

***Just a regular guy, he and a group of friends in Independence would rent a room in a downtown business to hold their poker games.

***Then, there was that great "The Buck Stops Here" sign on his desk. Here is a man who didn't shirk responsibility and decisions.

***On May 6, 1971, Congress was preparing to award the Medal of Honor for his 87th birthday. He refused, saying: "I don't consider that I have done anything which should be the reason for any award, Congressional or otherwise."

***I've always loved the picture of him holding the Chicago Tribune with the headlines that he had been defeated by Thomas Dewey in the 1948 election. That big smile on his face said it all.

***As president, he paid for all his travel expenses and food.

***Today's politicians find new levels of success cashing in on the presidency (Right, Bill?), resulting in huge wealth.

***Truman reportedly once said, "My choices in life were either to be a piano player in a whore house or a politician. And, to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference."

My Kind of Guy, That Harry. --Cooter

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