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I Like Barack: Obama Reminds Historian Brinkley of Eisenhower
NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

Posted on 07/05/2013 5:23:00 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest

This Fourth of July weekend is turning into an unforseen laff-fest. Yesterday we had NBC featuring a photo of President Obama making what he might have thought was an assertive hand gesture while discussing the situation in Egypt with his aides.

Today treats us to historian Douglas Brinkley, on Morning Joe, claiming that when it comes to foreign policy, President Obama reminds him of, yes, Supreme-Allied-Commander-turned-President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

View the chuckle-worthy video here.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: barackobama; douglasbrinkley; dwighteisenhower; gorbasm; idiot; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Bad Acid, apparently.


21 posted on 07/05/2013 5:42:12 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (NRA Life Member)
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To: Ken522

Ike had ALREADY saved the world prior to being elected:
Obama was elected on the premise that he WOULD save the world.


22 posted on 07/05/2013 5:43:42 AM PDT by supremedoctrine
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To: rbg81

Actually I think he is the one who coined the term “military industrial complex” and warned against it.


23 posted on 07/05/2013 5:44:09 AM PDT by Mercat
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

That,or he was dropped on his head as an infant.


24 posted on 07/05/2013 5:45:45 AM PDT by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

To borrow Mike Ditka’s response to the claim that Brian Bosworth would be the next Butkus: “He’s about as close to Ike as Snow White is.”


25 posted on 07/05/2013 5:46:04 AM PDT by Freestate316 (Know what you believe and why you believe it.)
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To: varmintman

Lincoln and Wilson did more damage than all the other Presidents combined. Obama is no where near the worst. FDR and LBJ beat him, Obastard is on the Carter level. He is about 6 from the bottom. But we have 3 1/2 years to survive so who knows?


26 posted on 07/05/2013 5:46:05 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: cripplecreek; Mercat

Yes, he did warn about it on the way out. One of the more cryptic things he ever said. Of course, he did NOT actually shrink the Military. Especially in favor of entitlements.


27 posted on 07/05/2013 5:46:53 AM PDT by rbg81
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To: rbg81
Of course, he did NOT actually shrink the Military. Especially in favor of entitlements.

Agreed but I doubt he would be too thrilled with the half trillion dollars we pay out to defense contractors every year.
28 posted on 07/05/2013 5:49:38 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: central_va

Maybe.
Maybe not...


29 posted on 07/05/2013 5:50:28 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (NRA Life Member)
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To: cripplecreek

Yes, Eisenhower warned against the “Military Industrial Complex.” There was a strong opinion growing in America that the U.S. needed to take out Communism/Soviet Union and Eisenhower didn’t seem to want that.

Ronald Reagan thankfully stepped up to the challenge where Eisenhower failed.


30 posted on 07/05/2013 5:53:25 AM PDT by VitacoreVision
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Obama reminds me of Huey Long.


31 posted on 07/05/2013 5:54:51 AM PDT by popdonnelly (The right to self-defense is older than the Constitution.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Let’s run that up the flagpole and see if anyone salutes


32 posted on 07/05/2013 5:57:18 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: yldstrk

Obama is not fit to kiss Eisenhower’s ass.


33 posted on 07/05/2013 5:58:58 AM PDT by sport
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To: central_va

I would agree with this assessment


34 posted on 07/05/2013 5:59:48 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: maggief

So this guy is a Kerry hagiographer? That explains much.


35 posted on 07/05/2013 6:03:04 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Osama Obama reminds me of many people,living and dead.People like Saul Alinsky,Bill Ayers,Ira Einhorn and Jerimiah Wright.President Bush Sr reminds me a bit of Ike...in a good way.Osama Obama reminds me a lot of Lee Harvey Oswald (his character,his politics,”Fair Play For Cuba”)...but Ike,not so much.


36 posted on 07/05/2013 6:05:52 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The Civil Servants Are No Longer Servants...Or Civil.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Obama reminds me of Eisenhower too, except that Ike was patriotic, Ike had real accomplishments, Ike was a natural born citizen both in the legal sense and in the sense that he valued traditional American values like freedom, Ike was intelligent, Ike was hard working, and Ike was essentially honest. Actually, that’s just a start on the list of differences - Obama has nothing in common with Ike beyond both living at the same address at some point in their lives.


37 posted on 07/05/2013 6:06:07 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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To: Ken522

“while obozo has no accomplishments, no record, no history of ANY accomplishment.”

I don’t know about that.

Obama was able to organize a nice reception/dinner for ACORN leadership and help get motor voter in IL “allowed”. Just think of the fraud that has accomplished in IL.

I understand that he also hosted/organized an enjoyable evening of laughs, drinks and fund raising with a pleasant couple of retired weather underground members. Here is a couple that literally was bombing government buildings changing their ways to actually work within the system to destroy the country. Imagine the work he had to do to get them to put down their C4 and pick up a ballot.

And don’t forget how he was ALWAYS able to clear the field of opponents when running for election himself. He was even able to pull that off in 2012 election via the IRS.

In fact, while in office he has accomplished more to discredit the US than any other President. So he is somewhat “able” to get somethings done.

The question is how long will it take to repair the damage this wonder child has accomplished?


38 posted on 07/05/2013 6:06:26 AM PDT by vg0va3
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Ike played golf and so does 0. That’s about all they have in common.


39 posted on 07/05/2013 6:07:18 AM PDT by xp38
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To: varmintman
Obama is the personification of EVIL, not mental illness.
40 posted on 07/05/2013 6:08:34 AM PDT by Coldwater Creek (")
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