At the time, those Texas oil millionaires thought Ike was a whole lot worse than that. Remember "None Dare Call it Treason"? According that deathless screed, Ike was a Soviet agent.
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Jim Devine wrote:
By the standards of today's politicians, Ike would be a patron saint of welfare-state liberalism.
On 8/13/05, Mike Ballard <swillsqueal at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> "Should any political party attempt to abolish social security,
> unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs,
> you would not hear of that party again in our political history. There
> is a tiny splinter group, of course, that believes that you can do
> these things. Among them are a few Texas oil millionaires, and an
> occasional politician or businessman from other areas. Their number is
> negligible, and they are stupid."
>
> - President Dwight D. Eisenhower, l952