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9. I have another very good person and a Republican too. Gov. Ray Shafer of PA.. One of the finest men I ....

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sat Jan 10, 2026, 05:12 PM

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… have ever met. His brother who was the Crawford County, D.A. and lived next door in a
middle class neighborhood and we saw Ray all the time. His kind is long gone. For some
reason the Governor liked to talk to me when I was fishing a couple of times.

BTW a must see movie on Eisenhower is, Ike Countdown to D-Day. Watch what Ike did to one
of his generals when he pulled a Pete Hegseth and talked about classified information about
D-Day. Also the actor who played Winston Churchill did a wonderful job in the film.

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

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