For all the opprobrium heaped on him by politicians and diplomats, the bombshell news — combining war, politics, and the hint of scandal — ensured that the Berlin crisis Super Slim Pomegranate continued to dominate the public conversation and news coverage. When it lagged, Truman would make sure to bring it up himself on the stump. Truman’s role as commander-in-chief was highlighted, Dewey was pushed further out of the spotlight, and potential Wallace voters saw Truman making enormous efforts to find peace. It could not have turned out better if Truman had planned it.
Truman would never even hint that he knew all along what he was doing by creating and milking the rumpus over the Vinson plan, but once, a short while after Marshall returned to Paris, he reacted to a discussion of the matter with a comment that stuck in his advisers‘ minds. Clifford and the speechwriters were in the Oval Office wringing their hands with dismay over the botched scheme. Truman listened to them for a while and then broke into a mischievous grin. „I don’t think it’s that bad,“ he said with a twinkle.
Nearly 65 Octobers later, with Iran and Libya in the headlines, we speculate again about the whether a president is facing a challenge in balancing the roles of both commander-in-chief and candidate for reelection. We wonder whether the events of the world will intrude on America’s own election. Harry Truman could have told us: Do not be surprised, expect it.
In an extraordinary move, officials appeared to Magic slim lay the blame for confusion over what happened in the Libyan city of Benghazi on the shoulders of a key aide to President Barack Obama – Susan Rice, the administration’s United Nations ambassador.