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Harry Truman, A True Leader, Would Have Performed Abortions With His Own Bare Hands

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

Harry Truman killed babies.Hey remember that time Barack Obama was at the Jebus Summit and he emerged from the Silence Cone to mutter some waffly bullshit about abortion? That Obama is no Harry Truman! According to Boston Herald political sage Michael Graham, Harry Truman — a Democrat who constantly stopped bucks at his desk — would never have hedged on one of the most politically radioactive issues of our time when discussing it in front of a hostile audience he was trying not to offend. Nope, Harry Truman would have rolled up his sleeves and started personally performing abortions onstage, if that’s what he believed in! Meanwhile, Barack Obama “passed the buck” to somebody “above his pay grade.” MORE »