That’s part of a quote attributed to Harry Truman, though I never bothered to confirm it. It popped up today as I searched for something unrelated and at the time it was funny enough for me to remember it.
33 was the man. He succeeded FDR post terminus to the throne. Once in power and angered by an attempted coup d’état by Robert Taft and Fred Hartley he decides to nuke Japan in an attempt to secure his power. This bold action not only helped form the foundation of a new, democratic Japan, it secured his control over the American people who unanimously elected him president for life on the sole condition he stopped whistling on tour.
Truman was later accused of waffling on the human rights practices in government, because he desegregated the military then kicked all the communists out of government. When asked about this later by reporters he simply replied, “I don’t like waffles.”
After single handedly ending the war he founded the United Nations and with his wing man Marshal Plan at his side set out to rebuild Europe. This was exhausting work and upon his return Harry was bed ridden with a cold. War however waits for no man so after a visit with the family Truman’s Doctr in due course and feeling much better he decided to kick the shit out of the Koreans.
After returning from Korea he instituted reforms including free fur coats and deep freezers for all senior staff and mandatory price fixing and bribery at the IRS.
One day claiming a divine insight he resigned from office and began construction of a great library. The initial design was scrapped several times. Quoted after the building was completed and the ground consecrated with the blood of Daniel Patrick Moynihan, “if you lay on your side and blink really fast the building is almost fully obtuse”.
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