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Forgotten in Republican Campaign, Eisenhower Rises in Stature.
Former President Dwight Eisenhower is hardly mentioned during the Republican campaign for the White House this year even though the reputation of the World War Two general-turned-politician is rising among a record number of scholars studying his presidency.
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2012/03/11/us/11reuters-eisenhower-legacy.html?hp
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Forgotten in Republican Campaign, Eisenhower Rises in Stature. (Original Post)
elleng
Mar 2012
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madrchsod
(58,162 posts)1. "i like ike"
RockyMtnGuy
(83 posts)2. Ike was progressive
The modern Repub's will never "be like Ike, because Eisenhower was a progressive. He believed that government had a role in creating jobs and enabling enterprise.
RC
(25,592 posts)3. And he put a handle on illegal immigration also.
That lasted until the next administration, then back to business as usual.
elleng
(131,136 posts)6. Right, but funny,
first Presidential election I remember anything about, I was a kid and recall my folks unhappiness that Ike defeated Stevenson!!!
DianaForRussFeingold
(2,552 posts)4. Based on quotes alone... I love Ike!
"Forgotten in Republican Campaign"~Because now,,,We like Ike!
"I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of their way and let them have it." -- Dwight D. Eisenhower -
"I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of their way and let them have it." -- Dwight D. Eisenhower -
MannyGoldstein
(34,589 posts)5. Because Ike was far, far to the left of even today's elected "Democrats"
His insistence on dealing in reality won WWII, and gave America a booming economy under his presidency.
excuse not to write
(147 posts)7. They're all busy hailing St. Ronnie
Morons!