Posts Tagged ‘Dwight Eisenhower’
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Liking Ike (And Trump)
Posted on January 18, 2018
“Don’t worry, Jim, if that question comes up, I’ll just confuse them.” So said Dwight Eisenhower to his panicked Press Secretary Jim Hagerty, as he prepared himself to meet the...
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Let ‘Em Crash is Not a Governing Philosophy
Posted on November 12, 2015
“Shanna, they bought their tickets, they knew what they were getting into. I say, let ’em crash.” That’s the money quote from the movie Airplane! from conservative pundit Jack Kirkpatrick,...
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Cursing My Government For Not Using My Taxes to Fill Holes With More Cement
Posted on August 4, 2015
“You fell asleep in my car I drove the whole time But that’s okay I’ll just avoid the holes so you sleep fine I’m driving here I sit Cursing my...
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A Latter-Day Joe McCarthy
Posted on July 20, 2015
(This originally appeared in The Hill) “Senator; you’ve done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?” In the summer...
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Hillary is Vulnerable on Iraq
Posted on May 18, 2015
(This originally appeared in The Hill) Iraq will play a central role in the 2016 election. President Obama had hoped that, by pulling out our troops just in time for...
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