Word: trumanism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Truman admitted that his August behavior hurt him. Before the convention he told reporters, "Someone is going to get the "!*?- knocked out of him." A few days after the convention he conceded, "It was me." Most politicans agree that Truman took a beating, yet they still put in request after request for Truman to appear at their rallies. They, like Truman, still believe that the ex-President is a definite campaign asset...
...Stevenson likes it or not, Truman is campaigning--and working harder at it than President Eisenhower. And if Stevenson knows it or not, Truman is campaigning effectively, although within certain limitations...
...They spend a large part of the time running against me," Truman said at MIT, "But I'm not a candidate." Limitation number one--Truman can attack, but he cannot give them hell, or he would become an issue, and a vulnerable one at that...
...Truman's major limitation is that he cannot state his support of Stevenson or Kefauver without seeming hypocritical. For example, he had a painful few seconds at the end of his MIT talk when he said, "I am highly pleased by the Democratic candidates for President and Vice President." The laughter was loud. The next evening, Truman made no such direct statement...
...Although Truman finds himself unable to give Stevenson direct support, his indirect help to Stevenson and the Democratic party is sizeable. Truman can still attack the Republicans with a skill that warms the hearts of loyal Democrats. Occasionally Truman will forget himself, and, relishing every word, plunge a choice phrase into Richard Nixon. In Boston he said, "You can't elect Ike without electing Tricky Dicky too!" During the shouts and applause that followed, Truman smiled slowly as if to say, "I can still do it, when I want...