As I've said before, Ike seems like the kind of Republican president I could've lived with. Here's an excerpt from a letter Dwight David Eisenhower wrote to his brother, Edgar Newton Eisenhower, on
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 you can do these things. Among them are H. L. Hunt (you possibly know his background), a few other Texas oil millionaires, and an occasional politician or business man from other areas. Their number is negligible and they are stupid.
What once passed for right-winger is now a moderate. What once passed for far-right kooks now control the GOP. What once passed for a Democrat is now a lunatic fringe lefty. Richard Nixon couldn't get a nomination in the Republican party these days because he'd be too liberal. The entire spectrum of political debate has shifted far to the right in our lifetime. Will it shift back? How I hope it shifts back.
Posted by: scott | May 24, 2005 at 03:56 PM