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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts) Sat Oct 3, 2020, 12:31 PM Oct 2020

President Eisenhower had Ileus during his 1956 re-election campaign.

He urged his doctors to be totally transparent with the American people, up to and including reports on his bowel movements.

PER Michael Beschloss, presidential historian.

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President Eisenhower had Ileus during his 1956 re-election campaign. (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2020 OP

Ike would be a centrist Dem today. brush Oct 2020 #1

brush

(53,759 posts)

1. Ike would be a centrist Dem today.

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Sat Oct 3, 2020, 01:03 PM

Oct 2020

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