Talk:David Lilienthal

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I am the writer of the David Lilienthal article.

If other Wikipedians feel they can improve it, by all means, do so. But I do not consider the article to be "crap" -- indeed it seems to be far more fair-minded and well-rounded than the flippant and negative comment below from "Jamesg".

At any rate, the article was neither plagiarized nor paraphrased.

Andrew Szanton, 10/06

Who writes this crap? This sounds like it was either plagiarized, or at best paraphrased, right out of a biography -- a very fawning biography, at that. This article is in serious need of some cleanup. Jamesg 14:36, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

This article about David Lilienthal seems to me far too short. Lilienthal was one of the most capable and controversial public figures of his day and deserves more explanation.

Contrary to the Wikipedia heading, Lilienthal was not a "Tennessee politician" -- he was an Indiana native, with professional experience in Wisconsin before being appointed to the Tennessee Valley Authority. As much as he enjoyed Tennessee and admired Tennesseeans, he was never a Tennesseean himself.

Nor did he consider himself a politician, but a public servant and later a public-spirited businessman.

Andrew Szanton, 5/06