Great Orators

[TexasBred]

Great Orators of yesterdays Democrat Party

. 'One man with courage makes a majority.'
--attributed to Andrew Jackson

. 'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.'
-- Franklin D. Roosevelt

. 'The buck stops here.'
--Harry S. Truman

. 'Ask not what your country can do for you;
ask what you can do for your country.'
--John F. Kennedy



And for today's democrats...

'It depends what your definition of is is?
-Bill Clinton

'That Obama - I would like to cut his nuts off.'
-Jesse Jackson

'Those rumors are false. I believe in the sanctity of marriage.'
-John Edwards

'I invented the Internet.'
-Al Gore


'The next Person that tells me I'm not religious, I'm going to shove my rosary beads up their ash.'
- Joe Biden

' America is--is no longer, uh, what it--it, uh, could be, uh what
it was once was .. uh, and I say to myself, 'uh, I don't want
that future,uh uh for my children.' ''
-Barack Obama


'I have campaigned in all 57 states.'
-Barack Obama


'You don't need God anymore, you have us democrats.'
- Nancy Pelosi (said back in 2006)


'Bill is the greatest husband and father I know. No one is more faithful, true, and honest than he.'
- Hillary Clinton (said back in 1998)

 

[Yanuck]

'It doesn't matter how big a ranch ya' own, or how many cows ya' brand,
the size of your funeral is still gonna depend on the weather.'
- Harry Truman.
When President Truman retired from office in 1952, his income was substantially a U.S. Army pension reported to have been $13,507.72 a year.

Congress, noting that he was paying for his stamps and personally licking them, granted him an 'allowance' and, later, a retroactive pension of $25,000 per year.

When offered corporate positions at large salaries, he declined, stating, 'You don't want me. You want the office of the President, and that doesn't belong to me. It belongs to the American people and it's not for sale.'

Even later, on May 6, 1971, when Congress was preparing to award him the Medal of Honor on his 87th birthday, he refused to accept it, writing, 'I don't consider that I have done anything which should be the reason for any award, Congressional or otherwise.'



We now see past presidents, have found a new level of success in cashing in on the presidency, resulting in untold wealth. Today, many in Congress also have found a way to become quite wealthy while enjoying the fruits of their offices. Political offices are now for sale.

I think good old Harry Truman was correct when he observed, 'My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician. And to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference. I, for one, believe the piano player job to be much more honorable than current politicians.'

Where do we find another Harry? We sure could use one - NOW!!

 

[mytfarms]

*Sigh* I wish that Democrats today had the values they had back then. Even the Republicans are now straying away from the original values they used to have.