From some alleged “Republican” SOTI, with my response:
Feel free to disagree with my selections.
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From some alleged “Republican” SOTI, with my response:
Feel free to disagree with my selections.
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Eisenhower was a tremendous leader in WW2 and I have a ton of respect for him as a person, but he was not all that conservative as a political leader nor did he understand economics at all. There is a lot of nostalgia about the 50s but economic growth slowed under his watch considerably. It was JFK cutting taxes that actually got growth going again.
Still better than Bush I, McCain and Romney.
Which Republican would you put in Ike’s place?
The dearth of choices shows what a shit-show team elephant has been over the years.
Swap Ike with Taft, if you will. Its probably a push.
One of my favorite games is to ask conservative people when they think the country was the best and then look up what the highest nominal tax rate is. They are often very surprised. I believe it was 92% under Eisenhower.
Be happy with a selection of true conservatives (not exhaustive)
Thomas Sowell
Justice Thomas
Victor Davis Hanson
Sydney Sweeney (Just cause I can)
Okay, I’ll accept Clarence Thomas even though he’s not an actual (registered) Republican.
I’ve often wondered how different America would be if Goldwater had won in ’64 and again in ’68.
His whole purpose was not to slow the growth of the Federal Gov’t but to actually shrink it.