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   <title>Obama Should Use Ike&apos;s Endorsement!</title>
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   <summary>I recently read Eisenhower&apos;s 1956 RNC acceptance speech and I really feel that Obama should deliver whole swaths of that speech to show Republicans just how far their party has drifted.Let&apos;s use Eisenhower&apos;s endorsement!Should Obama frame his position in terms...</summary>
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      <![CDATA[I recently read Eisenhower's 1956 RNC acceptance speech and I really feel that Obama should deliver whole swaths of that speech to show Republicans just how far their party has drifted.<br /><br />Let's use Eisenhower's endorsement!<br /><br />Should Obama frame his position in terms "like Eisenhower, I believe...", GOP partisans would be forced to stop and think.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Or be forced to say - I disagree with Eisenhower...<br /><br />note: <br /><br /><blockquote>"Our Party detests the technique of pitting group against group for
cheap political advantage. Republicans view as a central principle of
conduct-not just as a phrase on nickels and dimes that old motto of
ours: "E pluribus Unum"-"Out of many one. "<br /></blockquote><br />It would call the Republican bluff&nbsp; from a position of strength, not whining weakness.&nbsp; It's not really a party that honors even its own traditions. <br /><br />There are many great great Eisenhower quotes that are absolutely apropos - and would serve as fine retorts in a debate (courtesy Steve Clemons)<br /><br /><em>If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed,
clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking. . . is
freedom. </em>

<p>-- Dwight D. Eisenhower <a href="http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/archives/2008/05/may_we_never_co/"><br /></a></p><p><a href="http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/archives/2008/05/may_we_never_co/">More Ike Quotes at Steve's Site</a><br /></p><br />There are parts of Ike's acceptance speech I disagree with of course, but the solid focus on health, infrastructure, education, equal rights, smart military investment and cooperation both at home and abroad are resounding themes in both Obama and Eisenhower's talks.<br /><blockquote><p>"The present and the future are bringing new kinds of
challenge to federal and local governments: water supply, highways,
health, housing, power development, and peaceful uses of atomic energy.
With two-thirds of us living in, big cities, questions of urban
organization and redevelopment must be given high priority. Highest of
all, perhaps, will be the priority of first class education to meet the
demands of our swiftly growing school-age population.</p><p>The
Party of the young and of all ages says: Let us quit fighting the
battles of the past, and let us all turn our attention to these
problems of the present and future, on which the long term well-being
of our people so urgently depends.</p></blockquote>
			<p>&lt;snip/&gt;<br /></p><br /><blockquote>Now, in all existing kinds of discrimination there is much to do. We
must insure a fair chance to such people as mature workers who have
trouble getting jobs, older citizens with problems of health, housing,
security and recreation, migratory farm laborers and
physically-handicapped workers. We have with us, also, problems
involving American Indians, low-income farmers and laborers, women who
sometimes do not get equal pay for equal work, small businessmen, and
employers and workers in areas which need special assistance for
redevelopment.<br /></blockquote><br />&lt;snip/&gt;<br /><br /><blockquote>Again, the strength I speak of is not military strength alone. The
heart of the collective security principle is the idea of helping other
nations to realize their own potentialities-political, economic and
military. The strength of the free world lies not in cementing the free
world into a second monolithic mass to compete with that of the
communists. It lies rather in the unity that comes of the voluntary
association of nations which, however diverse, are developing their own
capacities and asserting their own national destinies in a world of
freedom and of mutual respect.<br /></blockquote><br /><a href="http://www.eisenhowermemorial.org/speeches/19560823%20Address%20at%20the%20Cow%20Palace%20on%20Accepting%20the%20Nomination%20of%20the%20Republican%20National%20Convention.htm">http://www.eisenhowermemorial.org/speeches/19560823%20Address%20at%20the%20Cow%20Palace%20on%20Accepting%20the%20Nomination%20of%20the%20Republican%20National%20Convention.htm</a><br /><br /><br />]]>
      
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   <title>Obama Should Quote Eisenhower</title>
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   <published>2008-09-07T00:21:23Z</published>
   <updated>2008-09-07T00:21:23Z</updated>
   
   <summary>I recently read Eisenhower&apos;s 1956 RNC acceptance speech and I really feel that Obama should deliver whole swaths of that speech to show Republicans just how far their party has drifted.Let&apos;s use Eisenhower&apos;s endorsement!Should Obama frame his position in terms...</summary>
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      <![CDATA[I recently read Eisenhower's 1956 RNC acceptance speech and I really feel that Obama should deliver whole swaths of that speech to show Republicans just how far their party has drifted.<br /><br />Let's use Eisenhower's endorsement!<br /><br />Should Obama frame his position in terms "like Eisenhower, I believe...", GOP partisans would be forced to stop and think.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Or be forced to say - I disagree with Eisenhower...<br /><br />note: <br /><br /><blockquote>"Our Party detests the technique of pitting group against group for
cheap political advantage. Republicans view as a central principle of
conduct-not just as a phrase on nickels and dimes that old motto of
ours: "E pluribus Unum"-"Out of many one. "<br /></blockquote><br />It would call the Republican bluff&nbsp; from a position of strength, not whining weakness.&nbsp; It's not really a party that honors even its own traditions. <br /><br />There are many great great Eisenhower quotes that are absolutely apropos - and would serve as fine retorts in a debate (courtesy Steve Clemons)<br /><br /><em>If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed,
clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking. . . is
freedom. </em>

<p>-- Dwight D. Eisenhower <a href="http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/archives/2008/05/may_we_never_co/"><br /></a></p><p><a href="http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/archives/2008/05/may_we_never_co/">More Ike Quotes at Steve's Site</a><br /></p><br />There are parts of Ike's acceptance speech I disagree with of course, but the solid focus on health, infrastructure, education, equal rights, smart military investment and cooperation both at home and abroad are resounding themes in both Obama and Eisenhower's talks.<br /><blockquote><p>"The present and the future are bringing new kinds of
challenge to federal and local governments: water supply, highways,
health, housing, power development, and peaceful uses of atomic energy.
With two-thirds of us living in, big cities, questions of urban
organization and redevelopment must be given high priority. Highest of
all, perhaps, will be the priority of first class education to meet the
demands of our swiftly growing school-age population.</p><p>The
Party of the young and of all ages says: Let us quit fighting the
battles of the past, and let us all turn our attention to these
problems of the present and future, on which the long term well-being
of our people so urgently depends.</p></blockquote>
			<p>&lt;snip/&gt;<br /></p><br /><blockquote>Now, in all existing kinds of discrimination there is much to do. We
must insure a fair chance to such people as mature workers who have
trouble getting jobs, older citizens with problems of health, housing,
security and recreation, migratory farm laborers and
physically-handicapped workers. We have with us, also, problems
involving American Indians, low-income farmers and laborers, women who
sometimes do not get equal pay for equal work, small businessmen, and
employers and workers in areas which need special assistance for
redevelopment.<br /></blockquote><br />&lt;snip/&gt;<br /><br /><blockquote>Again, the strength I speak of is not military strength alone. The
heart of the collective security principle is the idea of helping other
nations to realize their own potentialities-political, economic and
military. The strength of the free world lies not in cementing the free
world into a second monolithic mass to compete with that of the
communists. It lies rather in the unity that comes of the voluntary
association of nations which, however diverse, are developing their own
capacities and asserting their own national destinies in a world of
freedom and of mutual respect.<br /></blockquote><br /><a href="http://www.eisenhowermemorial.org/speeches/19560823%20Address%20at%20the%20Cow%20Palace%20on%20Accepting%20the%20Nomination%20of%20the%20Republican%20National%20Convention.htm">http://www.eisenhowermemorial.org/speeches/19560823%20Address%20at%20the%20Cow%20Palace%20on%20Accepting%20the%20Nomination%20of%20the%20Republican%20National%20Convention.htm</a><br /><br /><br />]]>
      
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   <title>Obama Should Quote Eisenhower</title>
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   <published>2008-09-07T00:19:25Z</published>
   <updated>2008-09-07T00:19:25Z</updated>
   
   <summary>I recently read Eisenhower&apos;s 1956 RNC acceptance speech and I really feel that Obama should deliver whole swaths of that speech to show Republicans just how far their party has drifted.Let&apos;s use Eisenhower&apos;s endorsement!Should Obama frame his position in terms...</summary>
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      <![CDATA[I recently read Eisenhower's 1956 RNC acceptance speech and I really feel that Obama should deliver whole swaths of that speech to show Republicans just how far their party has drifted.<br /><br />Let's use Eisenhower's endorsement!<br /><br />Should Obama frame his position in terms "like Eisenhower, I believe...", GOP partisans would be forced to stop and think.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Or be forced to say - I disagree with Eisenhower...<br /><br />note: <br /><br /><blockquote>"Our Party detests the technique of pitting group against group for
cheap political advantage. Republicans view as a central principle of
conduct-not just as a phrase on nickels and dimes that old motto of
ours: "E pluribus Unum"-"Out of many one. "<br /></blockquote><br />It would call the Republican bluff&nbsp; from a position of strength, not whining weakness.&nbsp; It's not really a party that honors even its own traditions. <br /><br />There are many great great Eisenhower quotes that are absolutely apropos - and would serve as fine retorts in a debate (courtesy Steve Clemons)<br /><br /><em>If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed,
clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking. . . is
freedom. </em>

<p>-- Dwight D. Eisenhower <a href="http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/archives/2008/05/may_we_never_co/"><br /></a></p><p><a href="http://www.thewashingtonnote.com/archives/2008/05/may_we_never_co/">More Ike Quotes at Steve's Site</a><br /></p><br />There are parts of Ike's acceptance speech I disagree with of course, but the solid focus on health, infrastructure, education, equal rights, smart military investment and cooperation both at home and abroad are resounding themes in both Obama and Eisenhower's talks.<br /><blockquote><p>"The present and the future are bringing new kinds of
challenge to federal and local governments: water supply, highways,
health, housing, power development, and peaceful uses of atomic energy.
With two-thirds of us living in, big cities, questions of urban
organization and redevelopment must be given high priority. Highest of
all, perhaps, will be the priority of first class education to meet the
demands of our swiftly growing school-age population.</p><p>The
Party of the young and of all ages says: Let us quit fighting the
battles of the past, and let us all turn our attention to these
problems of the present and future, on which the long term well-being
of our people so urgently depends.</p></blockquote>
			<p>&lt;snip/&gt;<br /></p><br /><blockquote>Now, in all existing kinds of discrimination there is much to do. We
must insure a fair chance to such people as mature workers who have
trouble getting jobs, older citizens with problems of health, housing,
security and recreation, migratory farm laborers and
physically-handicapped workers. We have with us, also, problems
involving American Indians, low-income farmers and laborers, women who
sometimes do not get equal pay for equal work, small businessmen, and
employers and workers in areas which need special assistance for
redevelopment.<br /></blockquote><br />&lt;snip/&gt;<br /><br /><blockquote>Again, the strength I speak of is not military strength alone. The
heart of the collective security principle is the idea of helping other
nations to realize their own potentialities-political, economic and
military. The strength of the free world lies not in cementing the free
world into a second monolithic mass to compete with that of the
communists. It lies rather in the unity that comes of the voluntary
association of nations which, however diverse, are developing their own
capacities and asserting their own national destinies in a world of
freedom and of mutual respect.<br /></blockquote><br /><a href="http://www.eisenhowermemorial.org/speeches/19560823%20Address%20at%20the%20Cow%20Palace%20on%20Accepting%20the%20Nomination%20of%20the%20Republican%20National%20Convention.htm">http://www.eisenhowermemorial.org/speeches/19560823%20Address%20at%20the%20Cow%20Palace%20on%20Accepting%20the%20Nomination%20of%20the%20Republican%20National%20Convention.htm</a><br /><br /><br />]]>
      
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