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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDoes 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
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UnrepentantLiberal
(11,700 posts)1. I read the Vol I and Vol II of The Secret Diary of Harold L. Ickes.
Iggy
(1,418 posts)2. The Guy was Brilliant
I'm reading Caro's first volume of his LBJ biography.. lots of info in there on Ickes.
incredible book.
LiberalFighter
(51,097 posts)3. Mitch Daniels?
treestar
(82,383 posts)4. Rmoney
The Mittwit
joycejnr
(326 posts)5. Lol, Give the man a cigar!!!