On May 12, 2005, at 9:44 AM, Gary Denton wrote:
Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment
insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of
that party again in our political history. There is a tiny splinter group,
of course, that believes you can do these things. Among them are [a] few
other Texas oil millionaires, and an occasional politician or business man
from other areas. Their number is negligible and they are stupid."
- President Dwight D. Eisenhower,
11/8/54<http://www.eisenhowermemorial.org/presidential-papers/first- term/documents/1147.cfm>
In the elision represented above by "[a]" was the name of H. L. Hunt, the father of Ray Hunt, who was the finance chairman of the RNC Victory 2000 Committee, appointed by G. W. Bush.
Their number may have been negligible in 1954 and they may have appeared to be stupid to the President, but they now are in power and believe that Jesus is telling them how to rule the world.
*That* is a lesson that the Democrats had better learn and remember.
Dave
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