I'm too young to know enough details about Ike. But the guy had a mistress and I don't think he ran on anything more than he would do what's best for America. My limited knowledge of 1950s history is that Ike did such a good job that Nixon was considered a shoe-in for President and probably would have been if not for his poor visual performance in the debates.
Reagan was divorced which was still considered a slight on his moral standing. He was also a Hollywood actor and had all the baggage associated with that. Reagan was probably our only principled President of the 20th century. In terms of the right principles being applied to the executive branch of the country.
A guy like Reagan comes around once in a lifetime and even with Reagan most people didn't know how principled he was until he got into office and then, certainly after he left, he was sorely missed.
But an important point about President Reagan is that he was an extremely successful person before he ever stepped into the political arena. Successful for a long time before he transitioned into politics. He also wasn't a lawyer. He personally knew how unproductive our tax system was and he reached across the aisle and got Senator Bill Bradley to do most of the heavy lifting on the tax reform bill.
I guess you’re tired, because I was talking about Abe Lincoln, not Ike.
Reagan did not want to divorce his first wife, any more than Trump’s first, and second wives, wanted to divorce Trump.
There are some who will find fault with Reagan, but even Reagan would say he was not perfect. Who is?
But what I do know is that Reagan, Pope John Paul II and Margaret Thatcher destroyed the Soviet Union.
I also know that the economy was great under Reagan, and morals were as well.
btw, I’m not old enough to have lived in Lincoln’s time, but I know the history.
I’m too young to know enough details about Ike.
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He enforced “Operation Wetback”, which deported millions of illegals from the US to provide returning military veterans jobs. Ike also was key in implementing the vast US Interstate Highway System.
Many high level gov’t. office holders have had extramarital affairs: JFK and Jackie both, RFK, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Eleanor Roosevelt, et al.