To: iowamark
The exact reasons for picking Truman are also unknown. Leftists, including Eleanor Roosevelt, were furious at FDR, but the bosses ruled the convention in those days.Though Truman had a (well deserved) reputation for honesty and integrity, when he was elected to the US senate, he was known within that body as "The Senator from Pendergast," a very powerful political boss.
Mark
18 posted on
11/26/2011 10:56:33 AM PST by
MarkL
(Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
To: MarkL
"The Senator from Pendergast," a very powerful political boss.
Not many people here would know who he was.I'm in my 50's here in Missouri and a history buff.
He was also a ganster similar to Capone who made most of his money selling bootleg whiskey during prohibition. I new an old guy who had two bootleg joints and he got his whiskey from him.
22 posted on
11/26/2011 11:56:41 AM PST by
painter
(No wonder democrats don't mind taxes.THEY DON'T PAY THEM !)
To: MarkL
Though Truman had a (well deserved) reputation for honesty and integrity I hope that you are joking!
The Truman administration was perhaps the most corrupt in US history. He was well aware of this and devoted constant effort to derailing reformers like Estes Kefauver.
25 posted on
11/26/2011 5:23:56 PM PST by
iowamark
(Rick Perry says I'm heartless.)
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