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30. Way too racist.

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Who was the last decent Republican president? [View all] IluvPitties Feb 2018 OP

Probably Eisenhower. shraby Feb 2018 #1

Abe Lincoln!! quartz007 Feb 2018 #26

+ struggle4progress Feb 2018 #92

He also approved the CIA overthrow of the democratically elected thucythucy Feb 2018 #112

What people say and what they do are too often different things. struggle4progress Feb 2018 #127

That was indeed a great speech. thucythucy Feb 2018 #135

I would say IKE Angry Dragon Feb 2018 #2

I was born in 1958 GWC58 Feb 2018 #9

the interstate highway system was set up to move the military Angry Dragon Feb 2018 #11

That is ridiculous, thanks for the chuckle. 😊 parkerMcDavis Feb 2018 #15

Not ridiculous at all. Very true, very serious unc70 Feb 2018 #21

Actually, that is true. Caliman73 Feb 2018 #23

Kind of a harsh response, no? CurtEastPoint Feb 2018 #41

100% true, that's why the standard vertical clearance is 16 feet Spider Jerusalem Feb 2018 #71

I guess it takes little to make you chuckle Angry Dragon Feb 2018 #81

Your response tazkcmo Feb 2018 #95

The Act of Congress that created it was the National Defense Highway Act of 1956 lastlib Feb 2018 #100

Not ridiculous at all. MineralMan Feb 2018 #121

Agreed customerserviceguy Feb 2018 #85

And that is why PatSeg Feb 2018 #120

Teddy Roosevelt maybe no_hypocrisy Feb 2018 #3

The same Teddy who called Italians "dago's" Drahthaardogs Feb 2018 #22

Roosevelt also took credit during Spanish-American War away from the Buffalo Soldiers... brush Feb 2018 #70

Read this book. djg21 Feb 2018 #72

Thank you. I'll check it out. Here's one for you as well: brush Feb 2018 #74

Funny you should mention that! Excerpts galore: Gabi Hayes Feb 2018 #84

Wow, what a list. I've got my reading for quite a while now. brush Feb 2018 #129

Its a compelling story. Hard to believe they were psychotic. I did the audio book and had to stop Gabi Hayes Feb 2018 #134

Really? I had no idea. My estimation of him has completely smirkymonkey Feb 2018 #102

Oh it's true Drahthaardogs Feb 2018 #107

Horrible, I am going to have to do some reading up on that. My father's parents smirkymonkey Feb 2018 #108

Thanks for that info. I didn't know about that. Roosevelt also sanctioned the discrimnatory pay... brush Feb 2018 #133

Who was the last decent Democrat? WhiskaBiscuit Feb 2018 #111

Good post. The direction it took surprised me after reading the headline. brush Feb 2018 #128

Way too racist. Hoyt Feb 2018 #30

And yet he was a reformer and fought against Tamanny Hall. Sophia4 Feb 2018 #37

You have to look at him in the context of his times. djg21 Feb 2018 #76

Agreed. Sophia4 Feb 2018 #83

Eisenhower, who in his farewell speech, warned of the industrial-military complex. Liberty Belle Feb 2018 #4

Yes, that was possibly the most famous farewell speech ever, but I never get this question answered: Boomerproud Feb 2018 #8

What did any of them do? ornotna Feb 2018 #20

If you believe the behind the scenes directives from JFK, he was battling the powers-that-be Boomerproud Feb 2018 #25

+100! Rhiannon12866 Feb 2018 #17

IKe nt doc03 Feb 2018 #5

I like Ike. n/t Mister Ed Feb 2018 #61

Lincoln. Nt PCIntern Feb 2018 #6

I Like IKE Timewas Feb 2018 #7

Hell, not even GWC58 Feb 2018 #13

Eisenhower Moral Compass Feb 2018 #10

Eisenhower shenmue Feb 2018 #12

Eisenhower put William Brennan on the Supreme Court NewJeffCT Feb 2018 #14

Ike n/t kydo Feb 2018 #16

I know it wont be popular to say this Sharpshooter007 Feb 2018 #18

Reagan and his pals were genocidal crooks who committed treason to gain office, Gabi Hayes Feb 2018 #82

Well, no . . . HughBeaumont Feb 2018 #97

As I said I wouldn't vote for Reagan in a million years. Sharpshooter007 Feb 2018 #113

Eisenhour Hayduke Bomgarte Feb 2018 #19

Dwight Eisenhower. His farewell speech was a warning about the Military-Indultrial Complex. VOX Feb 2018 #24

There was no competition from outside at the time either. Boomerproud Feb 2018 #29

Uh, the speech where Eisenhower uttered those words was his farewell speech. tonyt53 Feb 2018 #38

Agreed. American economic hegemony post world war 2 was based largely on the fact that Volaris Feb 2018 #63

Yes, but Eisenhower did propose radical noodle Feb 2018 #40

Ike. Golden Raisin Feb 2018 #27

I would say never was one gopiscrap Feb 2018 #28

Hello. Lincoln? GulfCoast66 Feb 2018 #87

nope, if ypu're a republican, you're scum gopiscrap Feb 2018 #91

You do know that Proud liberal 80 Feb 2018 #109

Ike El Supremo Feb 2018 #31

I have been faithful to my wife for 30 years GulfCoast66 Feb 2018 #89

Maybe it was her bangs!!!! LeftInTX Feb 2018 #137

I'd say Lincoln, but his was not the same as today's Repblican Party. nt SunSeeker Feb 2018 #32

last decent republican president pamdb Feb 2018 #33

Agree Freddie Feb 2018 #93

Ike, but he could easily have been a Democrat chuckstevens Feb 2018 #34

Eisenhower tried. Sophia4 Feb 2018 #35

My dad says Ike. I've not known one in my lifetime... Ford maybe least bad? Still In Wisconsin Feb 2018 #36

Gerald Ford Hekate Feb 2018 #39

he wasn't evil, he was just kind of meh Skittles Feb 2018 #45

I tried to edit my post to add Ike, but lost my connection. Ike was actually a war hero & better... Hekate Feb 2018 #94

I guess he was rather innoucous.Tabula placeholder Rasa. nocalflea Feb 2018 #60

Ike. nocalflea Feb 2018 #42

that and grabbing women's asses Skittles Feb 2018 #47

🎯 nocalflea Feb 2018 #52

Eisenhower, Bush Senior kurtcagle Feb 2018 #43

What about Bush's role in Iran/Contra? chuckstevens Feb 2018 #59

Are you kidding? Nixon was a crook who committed treason to get in and he was not to the left... brush Feb 2018 #75

Curious-- MichMary Feb 2018 #116

Nixon promised South Vietnam a "better deal" if they delayed the Paris peace talks... Rollo Feb 2018 #124

Comparatively speaking kurtcagle Feb 2018 #136

Somehow you skipped mentioning Nixon's treason. brush Feb 2018 #138

Lincoln davekriss Feb 2018 #44

Easy. Ford dembotoz Feb 2018 #46

Pardon me? oasis Feb 2018 #50

Ford .. dembotoz Feb 2018 #105

*chuckle* salin Feb 2018 #126

Ford? Meh! Feckless. brush Feb 2018 #131

Ike by a mile. oasis Feb 2018 #48

Ike, (too young to vote then) but then I did like Ford, elfin Feb 2018 #49

Im going with none of the above 😬 MLAA Feb 2018 #51

Did not think much of Ike at the time. IphengeniaBlumgarten Feb 2018 #55

Im a few years to young to remember him. I will find his speech on line and listen 🙂 MLAA Feb 2018 #68

Ike was good. Read his views on unions in his letters to his brother. brush Feb 2018 #77

George H. W. Bush Billy Jingo Feb 2018 #53

He also wasnt afraid to raise taxes when he realized the country needed it, Bluepinky Feb 2018 #66

Agree, at heart a moderate Repub to the left radius777 Feb 2018 #90

Yep, and that his party softened Cosmocat Feb 2018 #99

For a president he was a hell of a Secretary of State. nocalflea Feb 2018 #117

What about Panama? That was an abusive action by his presidency. IluvPitties Feb 2018 #119

You like Ike, I like Ike, everyone likes Ike. nycbos Feb 2018 #54

Ike had some serious faults too. Archae Feb 2018 #56

"Operation Wetback" (yes, the actual name) was launched under Eisenhower as well. bullwinkle428 Feb 2018 #67

Teddy Roosevelt DBoon Feb 2018 #57

Well we have to go back before Richard Nixon so that means I wouldn't know jimlup Feb 2018 #58

Ike. nt tblue37 Feb 2018 #62

Ike. gibraltar72 Feb 2018 #64

Eisenhower. democratisphere Feb 2018 #65

Eisenhower.. mountain grammy Feb 2018 #69

Nixon SCantiGOP Feb 2018 #73

I would say Dwight Eisenhower. n/t RKP5637 Feb 2018 #78

Honest Abe. dchill Feb 2018 #79

Ike. He wouldn't be recognized as a modern day republican beachbum bob Feb 2018 #80

Eisenhower dawg day Feb 2018 #86

Eisenhower Thekaspervote Feb 2018 #88

Possibly Gerald Ford - not very competent but decent-ish LeftishBrit Feb 2018 #96

Eisenhower gave us the roads we still use today...the current crop of GOP losers are only interested Demsrule86 Feb 2018 #98

Ike! KPN Feb 2018 #101

i cant even remember when the GOP won without cheating! samnsara Feb 2018 #103

I wasn't born until just before Kennedy was assasinated, so I have no experience of a smirkymonkey Feb 2018 #104

Eisenhower dhol82 Feb 2018 #106

Ford. tarheelsunc Feb 2018 #110

Ike. (nt) Paladin Feb 2018 #114

Eisenhower, unquestionably. Conservatives hated their non-conservative brethren for it... JHB Feb 2018 #115

Ike scheming daemons Feb 2018 #118

Ike. nt Blue_true Feb 2018 #122

Doesn't matter. They're all shit now. Iggo Feb 2018 #123

Eisenhower was a few years before my time but, as this discussion indicates... Different Drummer Feb 2018 #125

Gerald Ford seemed okay. raging moderate Feb 2018 #130

Benjamin Harrison from 1889-1893. Mr. Ected Feb 2018 #132