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Harry Truman: You know, there has been so much publicity about your President not knowing where he is going or what he is doing or…

On the recordOctober 22, 1948
You know, there has been so much publicity about your President not knowing where he is going or what he is doing or anything of the kind that people are surprised when they find that he does know where he is going, and he knows what he is doing.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Rear Platform Remarks in Pennsylvania

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