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Too bad there aren't Republicans like this anymore... (Original Post) Playinghardball Dec 2012 OP
Today, they would consider him a bald headed hippie in a suit, and kick him around. IMO RKP5637 Dec 2012 #1
His warning about the military-industrial complex was a moment of greatness. Vox Moi Dec 2012 #2
Yeah, yeah. I still wish Adlai Stevenson had won. DavidDvorkin Dec 2012 #3
Huge K&R! hrmjustin Dec 2012 #4

RKP5637

(67,112 posts)
1. Today, they would consider him a bald headed hippie in a suit, and kick him around. IMO
Sun Dec 2, 2012, 08:57 PM
Dec 2012

the GOP should change their name, they have morphed into a whole new sphere of evilness.

Vox Moi

(546 posts)
2. His warning about the military-industrial complex was a moment of greatness.
Sun Dec 2, 2012, 09:05 PM
Dec 2012

It took guts and determination to do that. He went rogue.
Who would know more about this than Eisenhower, a five-star General and departing President?
This was not an FYI to the American public: it was a fire bell in the night.

[link:http://coursesa.matrix.msu.edu/~hst306/documents/indust.html|

DavidDvorkin

(19,480 posts)
3. Yeah, yeah. I still wish Adlai Stevenson had won.
Sun Dec 2, 2012, 09:30 PM
Dec 2012

A lot of these ancient Republicans look good compared to modern Republicans, but at the time they looked pretty unsavory.

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