Gleaning Facebook: What Would Ike Think?

Remember when Capital-R Republicans could also be small-r republicans?

He was patriotic. He supported social security and unions. He believed in big projects for the common good like the interstate highway system. He believed in public service. Which party would Ike have supported in 2020? You and I both know it would not have been the party of Mr. Trump or Jim Jordan, Marjorie Greene, Kelly Loeffler, Josh Hawley, Ted Cruz. et al.

 Benjamin Amis

A lot of fake quotes get passed around social media. This isn't one of them. This quote is from Eisenhower's address to the Fourth Annual Republican Women's National Conference on March 6th, 1956. It seems that Eisenhower continually counselled the Republican Party on how to be, and from Nixon onward (his own Vice President, no less!), they spun around and walked the precise opposite way. I wish we still had Republicans like Dwight Eisenhower. You can read this full address here: https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/.../remarks-fourth-annual...

Lindia Moore
Benjamin Amis thank you for providing the full address. you are correct that many false quotes as well as much misinformation is being shared through social media. It is satisfying to see something based in fact.

Dan Bolton
Benjamin Amis He really didn't belong to either party . Both wanted him to run on their ticket but the Republicans had the most money. No matter your how your believed he was pretty good for everyone. You know it was him and Al Gore Sr. that came up with the interstate system . Gore is the one that got it through the Senate for him.

Marc Sigoloff
Ike was the last decent Republican President.

Kimberly Hart Morgan

Buff Hartnett
I have always admired this man. The first and last Republican president I had faith in.

Drew Fountain
Buff Hartnett Ford was a good man , placed an awkward position, and he did well despite the unique circumstances . Despite the very close 2000 election, Dubya earned my respect by openly trying to terminate the use of "Southern Strategy" , he spoke about it twice during his time at 1600,

Jane Baird Lathem
Frankly, I don’t think you know what Eisenhower would have done. You are just speculating. The Republicans AND the Democrats are responsible for the mess this country is in. The sooner we ALL take responsibility and behave in the way our forefathers intended the better off we will be. There was a time when we voted our conscience and didn’t demonize our brothers who voted differently. But now, it seems if my opinion doesn’t jive with yours I’M the one that is wrong. It is time to stop this, turn to God, repent of all this anger and mean spirited talk and return to the country we were intended to be.

Terrell Shaw
Yes, Cuz -- prepare to be shocked -- you caught me: I was speculating. I was only imagining what a man DEAD for a half-century would think about current events. Shoot, maybe if Ike were to return he would don fur and horns, put on an Auschwitz T-shirt, paint his face, shout “Stop the Steal,” and rush the House chamber. We’ll never know.

Drew Fountain

You would cry too if it happened to you.