Word: truman
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...reality phenomenon gets compared a lot with The Truman Show, but this version of it is more like 1983's The King of Comedy, in which would-be comedian Rupert Pupkin (Robert DeNiro), an obsessive fan of late-night talk-show host Jerry Langford (Jerry Lewis), kidnaps his idol to get a shot at doing his stand-up act on TV. It's no longer enough for Pupkin to admire Langford; he must become him. If Pupkin had just waited 20 years, he could have got a show on E! network. E!'s The Michael Essany Show, starting in March...
...doing a good job because he's told me he doesn't want to be President." Cheney had his fourth heart attack in November 2000, amidst the Florida recount drama--which lent him further credibility as one who can be appointed but not elected. "For the first time since Truman, you have a Veep who does not dream, does not wonder, does not think every day about being President," says a White House official. "And so Cheney has a much larger role than Bill could have given Al or 41 gave Dan Quayle or Ronald Reagan gave...
...those ever present C-SPAN cameras, went silent for a moment. And so did the rest of Washington, for a few days. But Lott had set off a time bomb. During the 1948 race Lott was referring to, Thurmond had broken with the Democratic Party over President Truman's expansion of civil rights for black Americans. Thurmond ran for President as the nominee of the States' Rights Party, also known as the Dixiecrats. Its platform was built almost entirely around a pledge to uphold "the segregation of the races and the integrity of each race." Thurmond won 39 electoral votes...
...with our national presidential election only one week hence, it is time for this writer to express his heretofore-hidden views on this matter of great national importance. Several years removed from the Second World War, many pundits in these pages have called for the Re-Election of President Truman, the Hero of Hiroshima and Man from Independence (Missouri). Others plug the virtues of the Thomas Dewey/Earl Warren Republican ticket...
...through the course of this year 1948, at the various campaign stops, I have heard nothing from President Truman or Dewey on the issue of the Negro in base-ball. All the talk is of Marshall plans and tax cuts and something about strengthening Security against Socialism (or perhaps Society—I’m not sure...