08-30-2017, 04:39 PM
(08-30-2017, 12:19 AM)pbrower2a Wrote: If I didn't mention Eisenhower -- you know from my posting record how similar I see the two in behavior and temperament. If the next Republican President does not appear until after the current Crisis, then I expect the taste to be for a sixty-something, mature Reactive. Except for going from age 45 to age 55. Obama fit that pattern well.
I'm not sure how much Eisenhower counts. He's a war hero who could have won under either party. He didn't try to fight FDR's perspective or agenda. I respect him a lot, but don't see him as a partisan trying to fight the other factions perspective. He was in power during the high, a period where the prior crisis's values are forced on everybody. As such, he had a role to play, and he played it reasonably well.
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