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5. That's what my mother always said; the last good Republican was Eisenhower.

Sat Jan 10, 2026, 03:17 PM

Jan 10

Can you imagine how badly he would be vilified by his party members today?

It boggles the mind how low the Republican party has sunk in 70 years.

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Robert Reich just posted a great quote from Eisenhower on Bluesky [View all] highplainsdem Jan 10 OP

IMHO, Ike was the very last decent Republican president. Enter stage left Jan 10 #1

Absolutely! SheltieLover Jan 10 #2

In present politics Codifer Jan 10 #6

And the last Republican legitimately evolves Jan 10 #10

...except that he had Nixon for a VP....... lastlib Jan 10 #15

Nixon was corruptus maximus, but he wasn't trying to kill us. Intractable Jan 10 #20

Yeah, I guess..... lastlib Jan 10 #22

I see what you did there! lastlib Jan 10 #24

I think of this every damned day! SheltieLover Jan 10 #3

The fact is, markodochartaigh Jan 10 #4

I like Ike. multigraincracker Jan 10 #7

it's not just that Skittles Jan 10 #8

I still can't quite believe that he got elected to a second term. calimary Jan 10 #16

Remember this, it is not only conservatives who are gun owners. nt ShazamIam Jan 10 #12

Esinhower was a scumbag angrychair Jan 10 #14

The case of the Little Rock Nine argues otherwise.. Permanut Jan 10 #17

The Little Rock Nine is not relevant angrychair Jan 10 #18

Point taken.. Permanut Jan 10 #21

Last great Republican President Joinfortmill Jan 10 #25