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Horse with no Name

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3. He actually lists that as one of his failures

Reply to struggle4progress (Reply #1)

Sun Nov 18, 2012, 04:51 PM

Nov 2012

2. He Failed to Denounce Senator Joseph McCarthy.

Had he publicly condemned McCarthy and his investigations, there would have been much less damage inflicted on innocent lives and the country's morale. But Eisenhower believed that to personally confront McCarthy would demean the Presidency and give McCarthy exactly what he craved: more publicity.

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Responding to another post, discovered that Ike hated JFK, LBJ, McArthur, Truman but most of all... [View all] Horse with no Name Nov 2012 OP

If so, he didn't do anything about McCarthy for a long long time struggle4progress Nov 2012 #1

Had to wait until he seriously overreached smaug Nov 2012 #2

He actually lists that as one of his failures Horse with no Name Nov 2012 #3

Eisenhower wasn't all that enamored with Earl Warren, either Brother Buzz Nov 2012 #4

IIRC, Ike turned decisively against McCarthy after McCarthy turned his attention to coalition_unwilling Nov 2012 #5

Todays version of Tail Gunner Joe is Wellstone ruled Nov 2012 #6

He was the prototype for the modern Republican party. LiberalAndProud Nov 2012 #7