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21. Frank

Reply to Frank Cannon (Reply #9)

Sun Mar 27, 2016, 12:56 PM

Mar 2016

you're a loose Cannon. But I mean that in a good way!

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"Humanity hanging on a cross of iron" [View all] kpete Mar 2016 OP

Eisenhower was prophetic. n/t Merryland Mar 2016 #1

I guess he almost ran as a Dem... Wounded Bear Mar 2016 #3

IKE is responsible for resurrecting the republican party StoneCarver Mar 2016 #25

When Nixon's Generation of Republicans went it was all over rpannier Mar 2016 #40

Ike was way to the left of most Dems in gov't today lagomorph777 Mar 2016 #53

Remember, Eisenhower was the last INDEPENDENT who became President. DrBulldog Mar 2016 #43

Imagine a modern Repub saying that... First Speaker Mar 2016 #2

Eisenhower was a commie hippie. Frank Cannon Mar 2016 #4

A regular peacenik, he was Cirque du So-What Mar 2016 #6

Pink and ready to throw the bucket. Octafish Mar 2016 #8

That is the Ike I remember. But he was a war hero so they jwirr Mar 2016 #13

Eisenhower sulphurdunn Mar 2016 #22

After many personal talks with Dr. Herbert York WHEN CRABS ROAR Mar 2016 #26

The MIC was inevitable sulphurdunn Mar 2016 #28

I guess he never heard about nuclear winter Elmer S. E. Dump Mar 2016 #39

And it was believed that being in a Fall-Out basement would save you from the blast. Then in a few DhhD Mar 2016 #49

Conventional war is one thing, nuclear another. malthaussen Mar 2016 #45

Definitely not a real man like John Wayne. Frank Cannon Mar 2016 #9

Yes and when John Wayne died... Human101948 Mar 2016 #10

Frank Plucketeer Mar 2016 #21

Heinlein whimpered that he was a "political general" MisterP Mar 2016 #20

The John Birch Society really thought that was true. pampango Mar 2016 #48

It is infuriating to see how low the Republican Party has sunk Xipe Totec Mar 2016 #5

Stop the manufacture of weapons, it is the biggest waste of natural resources in the world. Dont call me Shirley Mar 2016 #7

�The most monstrous monster is the monster with noble feelings� ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky n/t jtuck004 Mar 2016 #11

Thom Hartmann fairly often plays this wonderful speech and others, Akamai Mar 2016 #12

It seems like that last paragraph is the Political Platform of the Dominionist Ted Cruz DhhD Mar 2016 #50

Scary platform, bringing on the End Times. Akamai Mar 2016 #56

Eisenhower saw personally the effects of war RoccoR5955 Mar 2016 #14

Errrr.... Lincoln.... scottie55 Mar 2016 #15

I still think, in the long run RoccoR5955 Mar 2016 #16

Eisenhower did not put forward the Interstate Highway System to create "jobs". former9thward Mar 2016 #17

Exactly eom DebbieCDC Mar 2016 #38

Common myth. A HERETIC I AM Mar 2016 #41

Your link seems to disagree with you. former9thward Mar 2016 #55

don't mean to be snarky... paleotn Mar 2016 #46

The poster I replied to implied Eisenhower did it to create jobs. former9thward Mar 2016 #54

Hey Mr. Kpete . . You are correct, FairWinds Mar 2016 #18

the "Iron Cross" AlbertCat Mar 2016 #19

In other words . . . Major Hogwash Mar 2016 #27

I believe it far more an echo of W.J. Bryan's speech at the Democratic Convention of 1896. . . Journeyman Mar 2016 #37

Agreed. The Beast is made of Iron and not of Gold (lesson in the Bible); the Iron Merchant Church DhhD Mar 2016 #52

That is a great quote. blackspade Mar 2016 #23

I wonder how any Democrat can rec this post and then vote for Kissinger/Reagan protege... whereisjustice Mar 2016 #24

Rachel did a good piece on this: bvar22 Mar 2016 #29

Eisenhower knew but zentrum Mar 2016 #30

They would have murdered him and thrown him in a dumpster, 5 stars et al Rex Mar 2016 #33

Agreed. And zentrum Mar 2016 #34

I say that. Rex Mar 2016 #35

"Now it's just an oligarchy," said Jimmy Carter on the Thom Hartmann show on 7/28/15 Akamai Mar 2016 #51

The last real Republican before they lost their fucking minds. Rex Mar 2016 #31

War tiptonic Mar 2016 #32

K&R!!!!!! burrowowl Mar 2016 #36

No more war! War is a lie! War is a racket! Fast Walker 52 Mar 2016 #42

this is from the same guy that was authorizing U2 flights over the USSR 2 weeks before... Javaman Mar 2016 #44

Too bad the MIC's coup-de-etat in November 1963 worked, isn't it? PatrickforO Mar 2016 #47