Entries Tagged as 'Harry Truman'

Thursday, May 31st, 2007

Note to Bureaucrats: If You Are Going to Threaten a Lawmaker, At Least Make It Good

Finally, a reason to tell this story. There is a story (probably apocryphal) about a former Tucson City Councilmember that will remain nameless whose wallet was found after a police raid on a local house of ill-repute. The next day, the Chief of Police called him into his office. The wallet was returned, the story says, with [...]

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Filed under Arizona Legislature, Gratuitous Music Reference, Harry Truman

Tuesday, November 14th, 2006

Because This Is Exactly the Sort of Trivial Nonsense That You Read This Blog for, That’s Why

I keep hearing commentators say that 2008 will be the first contest not featuring a sitting President or Vice President since 1952.
¡A lo contrario!
Alben Barkley, who was Vice President for Harry Truman, ran in a few Democratic primaries that year before he realized that the country was not yet ready for a President named “Alben.” [...]

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