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Great quote by Pres Dwight Eisenhower from 1954.... (Original Post)
Heartstrings
Jun 2018
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Hortensis
(58,785 posts)1. The Republican base not only wants to hold onto them,
for themselves anyway, but the Tea Party and election of Trump were rebellions against the people who've taken over their party with the intent of destroying them. (Are they incredibly deluded or what?)
Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)2. I like Ike
but Latter-Day KGOP republicans (circa 2018) would piss all over him.
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)3. Clearly underestimated...
The influence money/propaganda has over the populace.
Kurt V.
(5,624 posts)4. the last sane republican president.
Unfortunately history has proved him wrong.
NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)5. Unfortunately, the "occasional politician"
has become a majority of the Republican Party
Mc Mike
(9,114 posts)6. He was talking about the bircher Hunt family.