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“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 […]
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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. […]
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