Who'd vote for dwight d eisenhower if he ran today??

Question

I say because he had so much that today would be considered against him --
-He was military (General)
-He had been a Jehovah's Witness (Don't knock on ~my~ door)
-He was Republican (Oh my god ~gasp~)

But does anyone remember his "Cross of Iron" speach? I have exerpts from that printed and pasted in my cube at work and I am here to tell you, it's spiritural when I see people read that and reflect on it.

Would you vote for him if he'd run today? Even if he doesn't have as much $$$ as Hillary in his campaign warchest?

Google search "Eisenhower Cross of Iron Speech" to see what I mean. It's a brilliant play on words against the "Cross of Gold" thingy....

Would you vote for him today? Given his "negatives"? What if it were Dominici? Or Romney? Or Cain? Or ....(Fill in the blank...)

On the Jehovah's Witness point - He was not by the time he was president, but that is the tradition in which he was raised - Irrelevant in his day, and to several answerers so far, and to me. But I think it wouldn't be skipped in this day and age so that's why I threw it in there

Someone replied to this yesterday, a very well reasoned thoughtful reply which I specifically wanted to vote best answer today. If this poster would re-submit, I'll be happy to give them ba otherwise, I'll put this up for vote.

Answer 1

He made some really bad appointments to the Supreme Court which hurt our country very badly.

As did his Vice President.

The issues were pretty clear then. They aren't today.

Except to the Bible believing Christian.

1. Abortion is wrong.

2. Islam is a bad religion.

3. Our courts have been making bad decisions and that needs to be fixed.

4. Sociail Security is in trouble and needs to be fixed.

5. There is a war going on and we Bible believing Christians know who the enemy is. We don't need a new commander in chief who is confused on that question.

Pastor Art



Pastor Art

Answer 2

ok, so you my friend wrote waaaaaaaay to much and I didn't read it all but here's the thing... Any one can vote for the candidate they feel would fulfill the position the best. You should take into consideration the history of the party but not necessarily base a decision on a cadidate from the history. It's kind of like saying your great great great grandma was a bad person and commited a crimes and since you are a decendant of her you must be a bad person too. You may be one of the kindest people in town but since your great great great grandma was a criminal people judge you from that. - The same goes with the political parties; no one should base a decision on the fact that someone in the party did something that was unacceptable so everyone in that party must be just like that. Generalizing things like that is not always the best. People should vote for who is the best candidate and not for the history of the party. African American people can choose whom ever they think would make the best candidate; if they think a democrate would be the best option for the position then so be it!

Answer 3

I am a left-winger and consider the Dems too conservative for me. Having said that, I would consider supporting Eisenhower for a few important reasons:

• He knew that war solves nothing. (Heck, we're still trying to solve problems caused by World War One right now in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.)
• He warned America of the emerging military-industrial complex which has corrupted our foreign policy, our military effectiveness and our economy.

Dwight would be a pleasant, sane change from those war criminals in the White House today. But he was from a different era and it's hard to predict how he would cope with our cultureless, consumerist society.

Presently, there are no GOP candidates that would make for a better America. More of the same 'ol Bu**sh**.

Answer 4

I like Ike and would vote for him today. People don't see Eisenhower as successful because he didn't get a "Mission Accomplished" poster for everything, on even really anything. He was one of the first presidents to effectively use the clandestine services. He was a pretty sweet dude.

Answer 5

You have to remember several things:
1) Ike won WW II, and the "greatest generation" trusted him if they didn't love him

2) Trueman or any other demos running were truely lack-luster and the American public wanted a change after 20 years of FDR and Truman
The situation today is similar in that we've had 20 years of Bushes and Clintons. Find the candidate that Americans trust most and youve picked the next President...and it wont be Hillery or Obama.

Answer 6

Eisenhower was a fine leader and general, a rare combination. He'd get my vote today if he ran.
However, his Vice-President was Richard Nixon, so I think that may affect some people's views on him (though it certainly didn't in 1952.)

Answer 7

Eisenhower was not a Jehovah's Witness. His mother was one of Jehovah's Witnesses.

Hannah J Paul

Answer 8

I don't think the Republicans would ever nominate someone as moderate as Eisenhower today, but I'd definitely consider him.

Answer 9

He was an excellent executive general, and a fine president. I would vote for him. Especially if he would make Patton the Secretary of Defense...

Answer 10

Eisenhower was never a baptized Jehovah's Witness (or "Bible Student", as they were previously known). Of course, it has been well established that his family did attend meetings and his mother was a Jehovah's Witnesses for many decades until her death.

http://www.eisenhower.utexas.edu/listofholdingshtml/listofholdingsJ/jehovahwitnessesabilenecongregation.pdf
http://watchtower.org/e/20000622/