On May 15, 2005, at 11:03 AM, JDG wrote:
At 03:43 PM 5/12/2005 -0700, Dave Land 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.
Did you just accuse Christian politicians of proposing to abolish
Social
Security, unemployment benefits, labor laws, and farm programs???
I was referring, in a manner evidently too snide and oblique for you, to
the President and his crew. Or perhaps you're only pretending not to
understand.
I didn't say that they *are* getting their instructions from Jesus, only
that *they* believe so, and act as though they had that authority.
You may disagree. I suspect it is the case.
Dave
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