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Smarmie Doofus

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10. What a "dreamer'. I guess he didn't hear about "what a dangerous world we live in."

Reply to Stuart G (Original post)

Sun Nov 15, 2015, 08:59 AM

Nov 2015

And .... didn't he have some carefully-crafted warnings.... at the end of his second term.... about the acute danger to the republic posed by " the military-industrial complex."?

Poor IKE. Starry-eyed dreamer. Not an actual commie.... some red-baiter of the period said ( was it Robert Welch of John Birch Society?)... but " a little pink around the edges."

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Damn, damn, damn, I wish I could rec a reply madokie Nov 2015 #13

Thanks for posting this truth that we do not hear any more. Akamai Nov 2015 #8

What a "dreamer'. I guess he didn't hear about "what a dangerous world we live in." Smarmie Doofus Nov 2015 #10

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Damned socialist. Gman Nov 2015 #12

I agree with you "damn socialist"..but then, he wasn't, but now well, he is Stuart G Nov 2015 #16

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