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G_j Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-14-11 04:42 PM
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Speaking of Eisenhower:
www.costofwar.com


"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."

President Dwight D. Eisenhower
April 16, 1953


(in regard to Obama referring to Ike and spending)
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Bigmack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-14-11 04:50 PM
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1. Why did Ike hate Murika so much?...
I've used the Ike quote, the Butler quote, and the Shoup quote about the MIC and war, and had people actually tell me that those quotes are outdated and have nothing to do with our situation today.
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defendandprotect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-14-11 05:05 PM
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2. K/R
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nashville_brook Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-14-11 05:23 PM
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3. a-freaking-men.
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MadHound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-14-11 05:24 PM
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4. Sad that Ike is to the left of Obama,
Hell, it's even sadder than Nixon is to the left of Obama.
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leftstreet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-14-11 05:25 PM
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5. K&R
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TBF Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-14-11 05:26 PM
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6. Obama should aspire to be more like Ike - after all Eisenhower actually INCREASED
the number of folks eligible for social security. In fact, there was a great expansion of the program under his watch.

http://www.eisenhowermemorial.org/social-security.htm
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G_j Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-14-11 06:28 PM
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9. great post
:thumbsup:
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-14-11 05:26 PM
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7. Ike. More liberal than Obama.
Whodathunkit.
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Enthusiast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-14-11 05:31 PM
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8. K&R nt
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Blue_In_AK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-14-11 06:37 PM
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10. I was just a kid,
but I liked Ike. He was like a comfortable old grandpa. It's sad to think how far to the right the country has moved. Sure, we had Communist scares and all that back then, but I don't remember anyone feeling like OUR government was the enemy.
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PatSeg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-14-11 06:51 PM
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12. Same here
I remember the political buttons we wore - "I like Ike". As you say, he was like a comfortable old grandpa, but I never fully appreciated him until the last few years. He was a far better president than I ever gave him credit for.
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JanMichael Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-14-11 06:39 PM
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11. Ike was a fuckin' commie!
At least compared to most Republicans and sadly most elected Democrats too.
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G_j Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-15-11 09:16 AM
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13. can't even imagine how
much hate they would no doubt aim at him today..

:hi:
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