"Should any political party attempt to abolish social security,

Sapphire Blue

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Fri Feb-03-06 12:39 AM
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"Should any political party attempt to abolish social security,

... unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history. There is a tiny splinter group, of course, that believes you can do these things. Among them are few other Texas oil millionaires, and an occasional politician or business man from other areas. Their number is negligible and they are stupid."

- President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 11/8/54

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FreedomAngel82

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Fri Feb-03-06 12:40 AM
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1. I think he knew

He did know Prescott Bush. So perhaps he knew their plans.

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htuttle

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Fri Feb-03-06 12:58 AM
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8. Oh, Ike knew

He just didn't have the guts to do anything about it. Didn't even say anything about it til his last day in office.

Ike was a very cautious man. He made his fame in WWII not by being a daring general, but rather by being a talented logistician. He may have been the architect of the D-Day invasion, but he didn't lead the way in a tank.

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FloridaPat

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Fri Feb-03-06 12:41 AM
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2. He also made the comment about never trusting the military industrial

complex.

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mike_c

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Fri Feb-03-06 12:42 AM
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3. this gives you some idea of how far the republican party has fallen....

Edited on Fri Feb-03-06 12:42 AM by mike_c

Conservatism was not always synonymous with unbridled greed and contempt for working Americans.

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Erika

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Fri Feb-03-06 12:46 AM
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5. W never truly congratulates our working class

It's like he is blind to their value or existence. But then he nor his have ever worked a day in their lives.

"Work" is something they don't do.

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TahitiNut

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Fri Feb-03-06 12:50 AM
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7. Sure he does. He expresses confidence in how trainable we are.

Edited on Fri Feb-03-06 12:50 AM by TahitiNut

After all, our job losses are merely a matter of getting new job training, right? :puke:

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awoke_in_2003

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Fri Feb-03-06 02:26 AM
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11. Sure,

you have to practice saying "Do you want fries with that" convincingly :sarcasm:

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NanceGreggs

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Fri Feb-03-06 12:44 AM
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4. Update from the grave:

"Their number is no longer negligible, but they are even more stupid than even I imagined."

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TahitiNut

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Fri Feb-03-06 12:48 AM
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6. That's what he learned about Nixon in the first 22 months.

:evilgrin:

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LibDemAlways

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Fri Feb-03-06 01:01 AM
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9. Eisenhower wouldn't be allowed in the door

of a repuke gathering today. He'd be considered a radical left wing wacko and vilified at every turn. Hell, Goldwater wouldn't even pass muster with today's repuke nutcases.

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Jim Sagle

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Fri Feb-03-06 01:05 AM
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10. He'd be arrested at the SOTU address.

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Lydia Leftcoast

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Fri Feb-03-06 02:38 AM
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12. Goldwater didn't even like Reagan

very much.

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