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pecosbob

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2. Greatly underappreciated president IMO

Reply to TreasonousBastard (Original post)

Tue Sep 19, 2023, 02:19 AM

Sep 2023

He personally spearheaded the drive to streamline the war production effort, eliminating 'waste, inefficiency and war-profiteering' that were costing thousands of American lives during WWII (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truman_Committee). Also was responsible for the modernization of our entire Federal government and brought us into the 20th century.

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Plain Speaking with Ed Flanders [View all] TreasonousBastard Sep 2023 OP

never saw that before lapfog_1 Sep 2023 #1

Greatly underappreciated president IMO pecosbob Sep 2023 #2

Thank you for that link. dmr Sep 2023 #6

I kept reading this as "Ned Flanders" MusicLikeDirt Sep 2023 #3

Me, too! dmr Sep 2023 #4

Hidilly diddly! MusicLikeDirt Sep 2023 #5

I highly recommend David McCullough's audiobook biography of Truman pecosbob Sep 2023 #7