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Harry S. Truman - The Lobster Story

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In this vintage footage from Columbia Pictures' 1964 "Decision: The Conflicts of Harry S. Truman", Harry relates a story about the first political speech he ever heard involving a lobster and a bowl of soup.

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  • Good man. Good soul. Great Leader.

  • @8Dawn8 He called the celery that they served a "bouquet", like flowers. The consume was like a dish of broth or soup and he called it dishwater. The lobster apparently looked like a big insect on the plate so the guy called it a bug. His point was that he admired the guy who was a down to earth kind of guy instead of someone that was of "polite", or refined society...make sense?

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  • Well here is the point of view from a socialist/troykist:

    Stalin for one was a murderer and a traitor to the allies and was not a true Marxist and as much as I usually despise the United States Truman was left with little choice.

    Any other President either would have been thrown out of office due to rabid Mc.Carthyism as would have been the case with Henry Wallace or would have started WWIII.

    Thank you Harry Truman for saving the world from ruthless ideologues

  • Screw Truman! FDR was better!

  • Harry Truman wasn't a human - he's anti, anti-man!

    He's lis'nin' 2 the "slotsiP xeS" (while dancin' crazy pogo dance!...) xDD

  • I didn't get it ( the speech), anyone care to explain it?

  • Truth be told, I never met a lobster I didn't like!

  • Thank you or this.

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