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bmichaelh

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4. Trump would have attacked Eisenhower

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Fri Jun 19, 2026, 12:34 AM

Jun 19

Eisenhower had Crohns disease.

If they had been contemporaries on political scene, Trump would have attacked Eisenhower for being sick; Trump has no compassion.

From Shakespeare:

MENENIUS
There is no more
mercy in him than there is milk in a male tiger.
--Shakespeare, Coriolanus 5.4.28-29

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John Fugelsang on the devolution of the Republican Party: [View all] tblue37 Jun 18 OP

Ike has to be rolling in his grave SheltieLover Jun 18 #1

My mother always said the last good Republican was Eisenhower MIButterfly Jun 18 #2

When you hear The Bopper Jun 19 #3

Trump would have attacked Eisenhower bmichaelh Jun 19 #4

Great point. Sadly, I suspect it will take many electoral cycles before it sinks into numbskulls. n/t slumcamper Jun 19 #5