[colorado tanker]

Seriously, I am a big fan of Ike and agree he has not gotten nearly the credit he deserves.

Believe it or not, the main complaint about President Ike when I was young was that his presidency was boring and plain vanilla in contrast to the 60's and 70's (when things seemed to be going to hell in a handbasket). Seriously? Have they not considered calm, mature leadership is what produces boring peace and prosperity?

I have read several accounts of the Vienna Summit that said Khrushchev sized up Kennedy as a feckless young fool who could be rolled. So, he embarked on the Cuban missile gambit, which, contrary to the Kennedy cheerleaders, was not an American victory.

[PapaNew]

calm, mature leadership

Yes. I think the nation loved him. He was dignified and respectable. Shoot, I still remember campaigning for him in the third grade in 1956 with "I LIKE IKE" buttons and signs. My parents said they were going to vote for Stevenson. I remember saying, "Not me, I'm for Ike." Don't ask me how I came up with that at that age, I have no idea. It's just what I thought.

Although I greatly admired Ike as a person and a leader, Ike had a big blind spot when it came to things like taxes which Reagan famously complained were up to 91% under Ike.