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joycejnr

(326 posts)
Sat Jun 30, 2012, 02:55 PM Jun 2012

Does this remind you of anyone? From FDR Interior Secretary, Harold Ickes...

... on Thomas E. Dewey: "He is small and insignificant and he makes much of an effort, with his forced smile and jovial manner, to impress himself upon people. To me he is a political streetwalker accosting men with "come home with me, dear."

When you see him smile on tv, hide his mouth with your hand, and see the cold look in his eyes...brrrr.

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Does this remind you of anyone? From FDR Interior Secretary, Harold Ickes... (Original Post) joycejnr Jun 2012 OP
I read the Vol I and Vol II of The Secret Diary of Harold L. Ickes. UnrepentantLiberal Jun 2012 #1
The Guy was Brilliant Iggy Jun 2012 #2
Mitch Daniels? LiberalFighter Jun 2012 #3
Rmoney treestar Jun 2012 #4
Lol, Give the man a cigar!!! joycejnr Jun 2012 #5
 

Iggy

(1,418 posts)
2. The Guy was Brilliant
Sat Jun 30, 2012, 03:12 PM
Jun 2012

I'm reading Caro's first volume of his LBJ biography.. lots of info in there on Ickes.
incredible book.

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