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thucythucy

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14. I also have WWII veterans as family.

Reply to CTyankee (Reply #12)

Fri Aug 12, 2022, 10:53 PM

Aug 2022

Eisenhower was a great man in their estimation. I can see the flaws, but compared to what we have now he was a giant. Also, Ike was a great admirer of FDR. You won't find a contemporary Republican willing to say the same.

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I keep thinking: What would Dwight Eisenhower say about any of this? [View all] thucythucy Aug 2022 OP

Not much, IMHO. no_hypocrisy Aug 2022 #1

McCarthy was publicly ruined by Dec 1954, less than 2 years into Eisenhower's 8 years. Celerity Aug 2022 #4

The last honorable major Republican. gibraltar72 Aug 2022 #2

You mean the guy who added "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance and Raven123 Aug 2022 #3

I didn't know about that. thucythucy Aug 2022 #5

As a man of his time, he was understandably anti-Communist. Raven123 Aug 2022 #7

Didn't he call his memoir of World War II thucythucy Aug 2022 #10

I never saw him that way, but I was a kid during his presidency. CTyankee Aug 2022 #12

I also have WWII veterans as family. thucythucy Aug 2022 #14

And integrated Southern schools Hekate Aug 2022 #11

He was appalled at the current state of some of his party even back then. JHB Aug 2022 #6

ANTIFA Ike BlueIdaho Aug 2022 #8

Any tremors near his grave? He must be spinning like a top in there yellowdogintexas Aug 2022 #9

I think he'd assemble a firing squad liberaltrucker Aug 2022 #13