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elleng

(141,926 posts) Fri Jan 6, 2017, 12:42 AM Jan 2017

President Dwight Eisenhower, Republican, uttered these words on November 8, 1954: [View all]

"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 that you can do these things. Among them are a few Texas oil millionaires, and an occasional politician or businessman from other areas. Their number is negligible and they are stupid."

http://www.snopes.com/politics/quotes/ikesocial.asp

Hit them with this REPEATEDLY.

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President Dwight Eisenhower, Republican, uttered these words on November 8, 1954: [View all] elleng Jan 2017 OP

That may have been true in his time. MadamPresident Jan 2017 #1

This 'conservatism' is nothing like conservative, elleng Jan 2017 #2

Exactly! potone Jan 2017 #3

I wouldn't call them 'libertarians,' more like simply elleng Jan 2017 #7

I hate the misuse of the word "conservative". Crunchy Frog Jan 2017 #9

It's not a cult, it's a contagious mental illness. herding cats Jan 2017 #4

Is that not exactly what a cult does? MadamPresident Jan 2017 #5

Yes and no. herding cats Jan 2017 #8

He was unduly optimistic, unfortunately. Crunchy Frog Jan 2017 #6