I don't even think that article compared the two. I think that Cutner was
saying that Sanders is in the mold of the traditional Democratic presidents
in terms of economic policy. Interestingly, when I attended a summer program
for blind people at the U of South Dakota in the Black Hills in the 90's,
one of the history professors, who seemed to be a lovely guy, was a big fan
of Truman. I never understood why. The courses we took didn't touch on that
part of history. Then later, as I read more, I really wondered what it was
that he admired so much about Truman. Perhaps it was that Truman was not an
elitist.
Miriam
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Thanks Bob. Interesting article. Frankly, Sanders is only superficially
similar to Truman. I think Sanders really is an Independent, while Truman
was a machine politician. His only Independence was the town he lived in.
Once again, myths and Fairy Tales are beginning to blur the mean spirited
little man that Harry Truman was. Remember, he was a compromise vice
president, in order to force Henry Wallace off the ticket. Harry kept the
Dixicrats in line...sort of. Harry approved the murder of countless
thousands of Japanese, in order to test a new weapon of super mass
destruction. And Harry sat by at his piano while the House Unamerican
Activities Committee destroyed the lives of many caring Americans.
If there were a Hell, Harry would be in good company.
Carl Jarvis
On 10/5/15, Bob Hachey <bhachey@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi all,
Here's an interesting post. Sad how the mainstream democrats have
swung wildly to the right over the last 30 years.
Bob Hachey
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-kuttner/bernie-sanders-is-about-a
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2074.html
