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IDemo

(16,926 posts) Sat Jun 22, 2013, 08:00 PM Jun 2013

I like Ike [View all]

"Here in America we are descended in blood and in spirit from revolutionists and rebels - men and women who dare to dissent from accepted doctrine. As their heirs, may we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion."

- President Dwight Eisenhower

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I like Ike [View all] IDemo Jun 2013 OP

He could barely get elected as a Democrat these days Newsjock Jun 2013 #1

Ike insisted on a top tax rate of 91%. He'd MannyGoldstein Jun 2013 #12

I do too. He touched me physically when I was 8 years old flamingdem Jun 2013 #2

He was like a father to us, and proved it by advice like this ... orpupilofnature57 Jun 2013 #3

You friggin know it, Eddie!!! Cooley Hurd Jun 2013 #5

MY Brother !!!! orpupilofnature57 Jun 2013 #6

We gotta talk. I miss you guys!! Cooley Hurd Jun 2013 #8

So do i. Cooley Hurd Jun 2013 #4

I know what you're saying, but I also remember the night Ike beat enough Jun 2013 #7

Stevenson would have made a great president IDemo Jun 2013 #10

The last of the good republicans elfin Jun 2013 #9

we did like Ike winetourdriver Jun 2013 #11

Over 30 years ago I asked my grandmother what she thought of Reagan. Major Hogwash Jun 2013 #13

Ike gave Nixon too much power. roamer65 Jun 2013 #14

Agreed. I didn't know Prescott Bush was Nixon's mentor in the Senate until I came to the DU. Major Hogwash Jun 2013 #15

Your mother was a good judge of character. roamer65 Jun 2013 #16