Monday, May 8, 2006

Why They Liked Ike

"President Dwight Eisenhower, Republican, uttered these words on November 8, 1954:

"'Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history. There is a tiny splinter group, of course, that believes that you can do these things. Among them are a few Texas oil millionaires, and an occasional politician or businessman from other areas. Their number is negligible and they are stupid.'

"In addition to being a war hero, a decent fellow, a moderate Republican before they began to go extinct, President Eisenhower apparently was also quite the prophet. Little George W. Bush was about 9 years old at the time...'


See also Windspike's "High Quality Messages From Ike: Some Things the "Right" Still Needs to Learn"

5 comments:

Unknown said...

Shea,

Thanks for the link up. I like Ike. He made sense...unlike the bulk of the W, Rove and Co.

SheaNC said...

He was what the republicans should be aspiring to (my apologies for the lousy grammar!)

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