03-13-2003, 07:02 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-14-2003, 01:31 AM by Occhidiangela.)
Poor at business, succeeded in politics. That is the theme.
And to add to the interesting parallels, Truman was very much part of a particular "political machine" and IIRC, so was Grant, though I would have to go look up Grant's background again to get a better sense of that. GWB was very much the beneficiary of the "support" group that his father had built. One reason that Sen McCain ran into such internal opposition in the Republican party, his legendary 'abrasiveness' and stubborn streak aside. :o
PS: you just showed that you don't know much about the Presidency of U.S. Grant. :) I would hope that any President would not aim so low as to achieve Grant's record . . .
And to add to the interesting parallels, Truman was very much part of a particular "political machine" and IIRC, so was Grant, though I would have to go look up Grant's background again to get a better sense of that. GWB was very much the beneficiary of the "support" group that his father had built. One reason that Sen McCain ran into such internal opposition in the Republican party, his legendary 'abrasiveness' and stubborn streak aside. :o
PS: you just showed that you don't know much about the Presidency of U.S. Grant. :) I would hope that any President would not aim so low as to achieve Grant's record . . .
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In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete
In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete