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Originally Posted by madmax
His way to the top??? Truman was so "successful" he had the one of the lowest approval ratings ever.
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While that may be true, a lot had to do with the fact that he would have never been President except for FDRs death and he was elevated to the job.
He was a broke habidasher with a jewish partner and his shop was at the Muelbach Hotel in downtown Kansas City, Mo.
He became a County Judge of Jackson County, Mo. and did have the backing of Tom Pendergast and his machine. He also pushed for concrete roads into the county instead of dirt roads.
One must remember too, this was not yesterday but many years ago. I am sure with his mind, he wanted to check out what was going on around him to get a feel. KKK, so what? He found out what is was about and left. Dah, you moroon!
He had one of the lowest % of ratings of any president in our history except for maybe John Adams the second President and until GW Bush.
He fought in WWI as a Captain of the 35th Division and wore glasses while in charge of an artillary unit in Europe.
He did not know a thing from FDR about the Atomic Bomb research, but did make the decission to drop it to save American lives in WWII.
He never owned a house he lived in and did play the piano and hated the Missouri Waltz song that was attributed to him for make it famous.
History has proven him to be one of the top 10 most admired Presidents in the USA.
Why was he hated at times?
He gave equal rights to Blacks in the military and fired McCarther after WWII.
Keep giving crap for and from times that you have no idea about as you were not there.
Oh, FYI, he had one Secret Service guard who was also his driver. Not the whole globe that is there in place today.
He was a very unassuming man who was humbled by his surroundings and never forgot his beginnings.
Yep madmax and PhiGam, try learning what was history was all about first.
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