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88. Eisenhower

Sun Feb 4, 2018, 02:54 AM

Feb 2018

There's an excellent pbs American experience 2 part series on Eisenhower. Pertinent to this discussion, before he left office the Supreme Court had made the landmark decision regarding admission of African Americans to the Alabama high school. He was known to be more than a little bit racist and before the SCOTUS decision was handed down he publicity said he thought that desegregation was moving too fast. Following the SCOTUS decision, when pressed he vehemently told the press... looked I am sworn to uphold the constitution. The Court has spoken and it is my sworn duty for me to uphold the law and protect the constitution. And, added that the day when a single person, meaning a president could go against the law and the constitution that it would spell the end of our democracy.

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Who was the last decent Republican president? [View all] IluvPitties Feb 2018 OP

Probably Eisenhower. shraby Feb 2018 #1

Abe Lincoln!! quartz007 Feb 2018 #26

+ struggle4progress Feb 2018 #92

He also approved the CIA overthrow of the democratically elected thucythucy Feb 2018 #112

What people say and what they do are too often different things. struggle4progress Feb 2018 #127

That was indeed a great speech. thucythucy Feb 2018 #135

I would say IKE Angry Dragon Feb 2018 #2

I was born in 1958 GWC58 Feb 2018 #9

the interstate highway system was set up to move the military Angry Dragon Feb 2018 #11

That is ridiculous, thanks for the chuckle. 😊 parkerMcDavis Feb 2018 #15

Not ridiculous at all. Very true, very serious unc70 Feb 2018 #21

Actually, that is true. Caliman73 Feb 2018 #23

Kind of a harsh response, no? CurtEastPoint Feb 2018 #41

100% true, that's why the standard vertical clearance is 16 feet Spider Jerusalem Feb 2018 #71

I guess it takes little to make you chuckle Angry Dragon Feb 2018 #81

Your response tazkcmo Feb 2018 #95

The Act of Congress that created it was the National Defense Highway Act of 1956 lastlib Feb 2018 #100

Not ridiculous at all. MineralMan Feb 2018 #121

Agreed customerserviceguy Feb 2018 #85

And that is why PatSeg Feb 2018 #120

Teddy Roosevelt maybe no_hypocrisy Feb 2018 #3

The same Teddy who called Italians "dago's" Drahthaardogs Feb 2018 #22

Roosevelt also took credit during Spanish-American War away from the Buffalo Soldiers... brush Feb 2018 #70

Read this book. djg21 Feb 2018 #72

Thank you. I'll check it out. Here's one for you as well: brush Feb 2018 #74

Funny you should mention that! Excerpts galore: Gabi Hayes Feb 2018 #84

Wow, what a list. I've got my reading for quite a while now. brush Feb 2018 #129

Its a compelling story. Hard to believe they were psychotic. I did the audio book and had to stop Gabi Hayes Feb 2018 #134

Really? I had no idea. My estimation of him has completely smirkymonkey Feb 2018 #102

Oh it's true Drahthaardogs Feb 2018 #107

Horrible, I am going to have to do some reading up on that. My father's parents smirkymonkey Feb 2018 #108

Thanks for that info. I didn't know about that. Roosevelt also sanctioned the discrimnatory pay... brush Feb 2018 #133

Who was the last decent Democrat? WhiskaBiscuit Feb 2018 #111

Good post. The direction it took surprised me after reading the headline. brush Feb 2018 #128

Way too racist. Hoyt Feb 2018 #30

And yet he was a reformer and fought against Tamanny Hall. Sophia4 Feb 2018 #37

You have to look at him in the context of his times. djg21 Feb 2018 #76

Agreed. Sophia4 Feb 2018 #83

Eisenhower, who in his farewell speech, warned of the industrial-military complex. Liberty Belle Feb 2018 #4

Yes, that was possibly the most famous farewell speech ever, but I never get this question answered: Boomerproud Feb 2018 #8

What did any of them do? ornotna Feb 2018 #20

If you believe the behind the scenes directives from JFK, he was battling the powers-that-be Boomerproud Feb 2018 #25

+100! Rhiannon12866 Feb 2018 #17

IKe nt doc03 Feb 2018 #5

I like Ike. n/t Mister Ed Feb 2018 #61

Lincoln. Nt PCIntern Feb 2018 #6

I Like IKE Timewas Feb 2018 #7

Hell, not even GWC58 Feb 2018 #13

Eisenhower Moral Compass Feb 2018 #10

Eisenhower shenmue Feb 2018 #12

Eisenhower put William Brennan on the Supreme Court NewJeffCT Feb 2018 #14

Ike n/t kydo Feb 2018 #16

I know it wont be popular to say this Sharpshooter007 Feb 2018 #18

Reagan and his pals were genocidal crooks who committed treason to gain office, Gabi Hayes Feb 2018 #82

Well, no . . . HughBeaumont Feb 2018 #97

As I said I wouldn't vote for Reagan in a million years. Sharpshooter007 Feb 2018 #113

Eisenhour Hayduke Bomgarte Feb 2018 #19

Dwight Eisenhower. His farewell speech was a warning about the Military-Indultrial Complex. VOX Feb 2018 #24

There was no competition from outside at the time either. Boomerproud Feb 2018 #29

Uh, the speech where Eisenhower uttered those words was his farewell speech. tonyt53 Feb 2018 #38

Agreed. American economic hegemony post world war 2 was based largely on the fact that Volaris Feb 2018 #63

Yes, but Eisenhower did propose radical noodle Feb 2018 #40

Ike. Golden Raisin Feb 2018 #27

I would say never was one gopiscrap Feb 2018 #28

Hello. Lincoln? GulfCoast66 Feb 2018 #87

nope, if ypu're a republican, you're scum gopiscrap Feb 2018 #91

You do know that Proud liberal 80 Feb 2018 #109

Ike El Supremo Feb 2018 #31

I have been faithful to my wife for 30 years GulfCoast66 Feb 2018 #89

Maybe it was her bangs!!!! LeftInTX Feb 2018 #137

I'd say Lincoln, but his was not the same as today's Repblican Party. nt SunSeeker Feb 2018 #32

last decent republican president pamdb Feb 2018 #33

Agree Freddie Feb 2018 #93

Ike, but he could easily have been a Democrat chuckstevens Feb 2018 #34

Eisenhower tried. Sophia4 Feb 2018 #35

My dad says Ike. I've not known one in my lifetime... Ford maybe least bad? Still In Wisconsin Feb 2018 #36

Gerald Ford Hekate Feb 2018 #39

he wasn't evil, he was just kind of meh Skittles Feb 2018 #45

I tried to edit my post to add Ike, but lost my connection. Ike was actually a war hero & better... Hekate Feb 2018 #94

I guess he was rather innoucous.Tabula placeholder Rasa. nocalflea Feb 2018 #60

Ike. nocalflea Feb 2018 #42

that and grabbing women's asses Skittles Feb 2018 #47

🎯 nocalflea Feb 2018 #52

Eisenhower, Bush Senior kurtcagle Feb 2018 #43

What about Bush's role in Iran/Contra? chuckstevens Feb 2018 #59

Are you kidding? Nixon was a crook who committed treason to get in and he was not to the left... brush Feb 2018 #75

Curious-- MichMary Feb 2018 #116

Nixon promised South Vietnam a "better deal" if they delayed the Paris peace talks... Rollo Feb 2018 #124

Comparatively speaking kurtcagle Feb 2018 #136

Somehow you skipped mentioning Nixon's treason. brush Feb 2018 #138

Lincoln davekriss Feb 2018 #44

Easy. Ford dembotoz Feb 2018 #46

Pardon me? oasis Feb 2018 #50

Ford .. dembotoz Feb 2018 #105

*chuckle* salin Feb 2018 #126

Ford? Meh! Feckless. brush Feb 2018 #131

Ike by a mile. oasis Feb 2018 #48

Ike, (too young to vote then) but then I did like Ford, elfin Feb 2018 #49

Im going with none of the above 😬 MLAA Feb 2018 #51

Did not think much of Ike at the time. IphengeniaBlumgarten Feb 2018 #55

Im a few years to young to remember him. I will find his speech on line and listen 🙂 MLAA Feb 2018 #68

Ike was good. Read his views on unions in his letters to his brother. brush Feb 2018 #77

George H. W. Bush Billy Jingo Feb 2018 #53

He also wasnt afraid to raise taxes when he realized the country needed it, Bluepinky Feb 2018 #66

Agree, at heart a moderate Repub to the left radius777 Feb 2018 #90

Yep, and that his party softened Cosmocat Feb 2018 #99

For a president he was a hell of a Secretary of State. nocalflea Feb 2018 #117

What about Panama? That was an abusive action by his presidency. IluvPitties Feb 2018 #119

You like Ike, I like Ike, everyone likes Ike. nycbos Feb 2018 #54

Ike had some serious faults too. Archae Feb 2018 #56

"Operation Wetback" (yes, the actual name) was launched under Eisenhower as well. bullwinkle428 Feb 2018 #67

Teddy Roosevelt DBoon Feb 2018 #57

Well we have to go back before Richard Nixon so that means I wouldn't know jimlup Feb 2018 #58

Ike. nt tblue37 Feb 2018 #62

Ike. gibraltar72 Feb 2018 #64

Eisenhower. democratisphere Feb 2018 #65

Eisenhower.. mountain grammy Feb 2018 #69

Nixon SCantiGOP Feb 2018 #73

I would say Dwight Eisenhower. n/t RKP5637 Feb 2018 #78

Honest Abe. dchill Feb 2018 #79

Ike. He wouldn't be recognized as a modern day republican beachbum bob Feb 2018 #80

Eisenhower dawg day Feb 2018 #86

Eisenhower Thekaspervote Feb 2018 #88

Possibly Gerald Ford - not very competent but decent-ish LeftishBrit Feb 2018 #96

Eisenhower gave us the roads we still use today...the current crop of GOP losers are only interested Demsrule86 Feb 2018 #98

Ike! KPN Feb 2018 #101

i cant even remember when the GOP won without cheating! samnsara Feb 2018 #103

I wasn't born until just before Kennedy was assasinated, so I have no experience of a smirkymonkey Feb 2018 #104

Eisenhower dhol82 Feb 2018 #106

Ford. tarheelsunc Feb 2018 #110

Ike. (nt) Paladin Feb 2018 #114

Eisenhower, unquestionably. Conservatives hated their non-conservative brethren for it... JHB Feb 2018 #115

Ike scheming daemons Feb 2018 #118

Ike. nt Blue_true Feb 2018 #122

Doesn't matter. They're all shit now. Iggo Feb 2018 #123

Eisenhower was a few years before my time but, as this discussion indicates... Different Drummer Feb 2018 #125

Gerald Ford seemed okay. raging moderate Feb 2018 #130

Benjamin Harrison from 1889-1893. Mr. Ected Feb 2018 #132