Defend the Indefensible: Harry S. Truman

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That Merle Miller "oral biography" of Truman is pretty wild to read.

Especially when HST uses the word "nigger" on every other page.

Pleasant Plains, Friday, 1 August 2008 20:17 (fifteen years ago) link

OMG he used the word "chippie"! That is my favorite word for a floozy!

Abbott, Friday, 1 August 2008 23:42 (fifteen years ago) link

"Nigger" however is not my favorite anything.

Abbott, Friday, 1 August 2008 23:43 (fifteen years ago) link

four months pass...

created the illegal CIA

Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 16 December 2008 20:47 (fifteen years ago) link

Congress approved its charter.

Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 16 December 2008 20:49 (fifteen years ago) link

http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/specialy/twinpeaks/foto/twin_peaks_12.jpg

can't believe no-one did this

akm, Tuesday, 16 December 2008 22:56 (fifteen years ago) link

truman deserves some shit for creating the CIA but it was a reasonably defensible agency until eisenhower took over and started using it to overthrow liberal foreign governments.

J.D., Wednesday, 17 December 2008 01:06 (fifteen years ago) link


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