To watch "Give 'em Hell, Harry" is to be sad and proud at the same time. It is sad that all politicians are not this honest and dedicated to doing right by the American people. But it makes me proud that there was once a man from Missouri who became a U.S. Senator and President of the United States who always told the truth in plain words, no matter the political price.
I see that one reviewer on another site said he did not know if Truman actually went to a Ku Klux Klan rally to tell them off. It's true. And he did it without any protection; on his way home he encountered some of his friends headed the other way to protect him. He told them to go home, that the Klan were nothing but a bunch of cowards, and they would never attack anyone in the daylight.
If America had had more people like this, it would have saved us a whole lot of trouble.
Sadly, Truman made some enemies on the other side of the political aisle. They spread a lot of lies about him, and some of those lies continue to be circulated today. Sound familiar? One contributor on IMDb.com, Bob Shields, accused Harry Truman of being an active participant in the Missouri organized crime "mob" while President!
You should watch this to find out about the real Harry Truman. And read "Plain Speaking," by Merle Miller, an oral biography, which is the source of much of the material used here.
I see that one reviewer on another site said he did not know if Truman actually went to a Ku Klux Klan rally to tell them off. It's true. And he did it without any protection; on his way home he encountered some of his friends headed the other way to protect him. He told them to go home, that the Klan were nothing but a bunch of cowards, and they would never attack anyone in the daylight.
If America had had more people like this, it would have saved us a whole lot of trouble.
Sadly, Truman made some enemies on the other side of the political aisle. They spread a lot of lies about him, and some of those lies continue to be circulated today. Sound familiar? One contributor on IMDb.com, Bob Shields, accused Harry Truman of being an active participant in the Missouri organized crime "mob" while President!
You should watch this to find out about the real Harry Truman. And read "Plain Speaking," by Merle Miller, an oral biography, which is the source of much of the material used here.