[nopardons]

Sadly, the lack of FACTUAL historical knowledge is now endemic to generations of people now, so yes, they do NOT know what Socialism was like in the late 19th century, nor the early 20th!

Ike was NOT a "great" president, which far too damned many, here, claim.

He was a military guy who after WW II was the president of Columbia University ( shades of Woodrow Wilson ! ), and had many black marks against him as president, not the least of which was never supporting Nixon...threw him to the radical lefty/STINKING COMMIE wolves over and over again!

Today we'd properly call him part of the GOPe!

[fieldmarshaldj]

Ike was really a Demonrat. Because of Truman’s massive unpopularity (akin to Wilson in 1920) he didn’t want to run as one because that would’ve stood a good chance of him losing in 1952 (it should’ve been Robert Taft & Gen. Douglas MacArthur as the GOP ticket). Ike’s father was a Socialist.

And, yes, he did nothing at all to help Nixon in 1960. Had he dropped dead from one of his heart episodes before 1961, that would’ve elevated Nixon and he would’ve, again, handily won that year (somewhat similar to 1964).

[wardaddy]

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[wardaddy]

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