The lack of interest in this post about a man who really was a patriot, and believed he neither had to wave the flag, wear a uniform or be consumed with the desire to order foreigners around to be so is a sobering and damning commentary about people who call themselves conservatives.
I have occasionally attended Republican and conservative conferences wearing a Taft button from his 1952 presidential campaign. One simply reads “Taft” in big block letters. Another reads “Win with Taft,” a rejoinder to the Me-Toos (as RINOs were called at the time) and their slogan “Taft can’t win.” Another reads, “I like Ike, but I’ll take Taft.”