All Posts Tagged With: "Truman"
McCain Cites ‘Dewey Defeats Truman’ (He’d Be Truman)
By Larry Rohter Dewey Defeats Truman(Photo: Byron Rollis/Associated Press, 1948) MESILLA, N.M. — There have been moments in this hard-fought presidential campaign when Senator John McCain has seemed to find his much younger Democratic rival, Senator Barack Obama, rather presumptuous and cocksure. That was the impression he left at some of the debates, and on […]
26Oct2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on McCain Cites ‘Dewey Defeats Truman’ (He’d Be Truman) | Continued
“Give’em Hell Barry”
In 1948 Harry Truman was desperate to win the White House. He had been president for over three years – but he ascended to the throne via the death of Franklin Roosevelt. Truman was not popular. The Republican Thomas Dewey led in the polls and in monetary donations. The pollsters stopped polling two weeks before […]
17Oct2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on “Give’em Hell Barry” | Continued
DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN!
We don’t want to see this headline again. It was 1948. Harry Truman was running to capture the White House on his own merit. He had been Vice President to Franklin Roosevelt when Roosevelt passed away in 1945. Truman was not popular and was challenged by Thomas Dewey – the darling of the Republican Party. […]
16Oct2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 1 comment | Continued
Respecting Joe Six-Pack
Governor Sarah Palin has resurrected an old term – Joe Six Pack. Her notion is that she represents that demographic – folksy, hard working, beer drinking, regular American people. Her position is not so much that she can represent Joe – it is more that she is Joe. This is troubling. The Founding Fathers wrote […]
3Oct2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 6 comments | Continued
Herm Edwards – Flaws of Cronyism
Good Old Boys, buddies, cronies, buds – terms of endearment. Harry Truman had a bunch of cronies. He gave some of them jobs in the White House. Not important jobs, just a paycheck to hang around and play poker at night. The important jobs of Vice President, Secretary of State, and Secretary of Defense were […]
22Sep2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 4 comments | Continued
The Bush Doctrine
Doctrine: ‘a principle or position or the body of principles in a branch of knowledge or system of beliefs’ – from the Merriam Webster Dictionary. When we think of Government we think of the Wilson Doctrine or the Monroe Doctrine or the Truman Doctrine – the fundamental belief systems that guide decision making. We have […]
13Sep2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on The Bush Doctrine | Continued
Leader or Expert – Choosing a President
Son, Mitt Romney claims that leadership is more important than expertise on topic. “They are looking for judgment, wisdom, willingness to reach out to others, gaining the right information to make choices… Instead of asking who has the most expertise we should be asking who has the most executive leadership experience…. ” Very interesting points. […]
7Jan2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | 3 comments | Continued