RIP David McCullough, you are a treasure to the American people.

@richardhales92

10 ай бұрын

You're right! Treasure, always interesting

McCullough had a GREAT voice! He read the abridged version of his "Truman" book, it was awesome!

Best book I've ever read!

Loved his book on Truman. Loved it.

I received "Truman" for Christmas a number of years ago. I read it over about three weeks' time, and it was one of those books that I was sorry to see end.

I smiled at and saluted Mr. McCullough in Portland, OR a few years ago. He smiled and saluted back at me! What a terrific guy! Bless his memory! * Cav: Former Driver for Presidential Limousine of Portland, OR! * D-Day; 2024; Cav. *

Although I admire Truman tremendously, truly one of our greatest, if not one of the least likely of men to become president, it's sadly nonetheless true that he probably couldn't make it in today's media & political climate, something that's true for almost all our nation's Chief Executives up to a certain point. So much now depends on telegenic looks, media savvy, smooth, glib speaking styles with no regional accents, etc., etc. While I wouldn't say Truman had matinee-idol looks, he definitely was not un-handsome. He was a perfectly acceptable male-specimen of the American midwest, with no irregularity of features. Even today, seen in film-footage, he comes-off as telegenic in that regard; by this, I mean he registers well on film, a good, basic, honest, well-defined face, impossible to dislike. When displayed, he had a very agreeable smile, also.There are 2 main areas, I think, that would do him in today---1: his voice, rather flat, nasal, & inflectionless; and 2: his blunt manner of speaking. Both likely would get him into trouble today. Truman was a very good, very intelligent, & great man, though, proving himself amazingly competent during a very trying & difficult time in our history.

Great Author.❤

3:41 Exactly where we are right now

I always thought Harry Truman was a very handsome man.

Does anyone know the date of this episode?

Just curious if you read the book Truman.

Wow, Michael Korda also edited Jacqueline Susann's second book!

did they fought before the interview? XD

I heard that the big Secret to John Adams being a Widely read Intellectual is that he was a very Big Kindle User. He did try the Barnes and NObles- Nook, but ended up switching to the Amazon Kindle. J.A. did say that he liked the Kindle better.

Is this a really good book to read? and why?

@jacobsabin2039

29 күн бұрын

I personally think so, but I am a David McCullough fan so I am biased to his books. McCullough is a master story teller when it comes to his subjects, he gets you to care about the people he is writing about. Whether it is John Adams (his best biography and maybe my favorite I have read in general), the builders of the Panama Canal (I got to live there for a year right by the canal, but still worth reading), Truman, or his other subjects. It is long, but I think well worth the read. Again though, I am biased in favor of McCullough.

@lionofjudah6763

29 күн бұрын

@@jacobsabin2039 Ok I will check them out.

How did Charlie Rose get a Bruised Eye and a bandage.

@vinsvids1

Жыл бұрын

Rose had a choice to make when he tripped on a 59th street pothole in New York City: protect his newly purchased MacBook Air, or his face - he chose the former. According to his producers, "The Macbook Air is fine, he showed us the blood stains on it this morning."

@HoldenNY22

Жыл бұрын

@@vinsvids1 - Than You for the information. If C.R. had an accidentally Warranty on his MacBook Air, maybe he should have choosen to protect his Face. I don't think there is an Accidental Warranty on a Newsman/Talk Show Host's Face.

@jimpalmer2981

Жыл бұрын

Maybe one of those women he harassed decided she’d had enough…?

@TheChinaPlay

Жыл бұрын

At the time, I remember hearing a rumor that it was something of a bar fight.

@HoldenNY22

Жыл бұрын

@@TheChinaPlay - Perhaps, that Rumor is True and that CBS Management lied about what really happenned to Charlie Rose. Personally, I am a little skeptical of how both Charlie Rose and Matt Lauer were both Me Too's to lose their jobs. I wonder if there was more to it than than. Like maybe both Charlie and Matt both didn't want to go along with whatever lies Management was telling them to say and that was the real reason they were fired.

Evan P

Who punched Charlie Rose in his face? What's that about?

@bobcaygeon975

6 ай бұрын

same guy that got dan rather, whats the frequency kenneth

@braziliantvhd2768

6 ай бұрын

He tried to grab the wrong woman's bottom

@wetlazer2443

6 ай бұрын

@@braziliantvhd2768 Maybe so.

Funny how you would of said the same if Truman hadn’t authorized the use of the atom bombs on Japan. Unlike you, Truman had standards when it comes to warfare, in the age of nuclear power, such strategy would have induced greater catastrophe. Had Truman allowed it your way, the world would have been different for the worst. Doing what you please have unforeseen consequences in the age of nuclear power, mind you the Russians already had WMD,s during the Korean War.

Truman was a traitor. President Truman would not allow MacArthur to bomb the roads and bridges along the Yalu river during the Korean war. That enabled the Chinese to very easily supply the north with weapons, troops, ammunition and supplies. MacArthur wrote in his memoir that he was "shocked" that he wasn't allowed to use everything he could to win that war. Truman's actions caused the death of thousands of American military personnel and the enslavement of millions of N. Koreans. Truman was a traitor!

@theeverything611

8 ай бұрын

Yeah….good luck with that “logic”

@thekinarbo

8 ай бұрын

@@theeverything611 Good luck with your inability to understand that Truman was a traitor.

@1janeybug

8 ай бұрын

I’m sure that the Chinese wouldn’t react to that action They only had about 20 million troops at the ready No biggie And I suppose the Russians would just sit there and not go into Western Europe after we did all you describe Y not lob some nukes too? I’m sure the Russians would reciprocate But y not start ww3? I’m sure the world would be a better place now 😊

@thekinarbo

8 ай бұрын

@@1janeybug More baseless excuses for a traitor.