Speaking of the world, I wonder how this debate was seen through the eyes of the international community as we have isolated ourselves due to President Bush’s foreign policy. It was this statement made in Pres. Eisenhower’s farewell address to the nation made on January 17th, 1961 that came to mind, “Throughout America's adventure in free government, such basic purposes have been to keep the peace; to foster progress in human achievement, and to enhance liberty, dignity and integrity among peoples and among nations.” How I wish that the Republican Party would go back to his guiding principles.
The AP reported that these candidates “called for lower taxes and a muscular defense and supported spending restraint.” If I were still a Republican, I would be listening for the wisdom of the late President Dwight D. Eisenhower to come forth. He always warned us of the military industrial complex and military spending. You cannot cut taxes and continue to fight this non-ending war. In fighting this un-ending war what spending restraint will be forth coming? Something has to give.
President Eisenhower once said, “Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.” Now that was true compassionate conservatism and he was my kind of Republican. I often wonder if there are Republicans that still carry the spirit of Dwight D. Eisenhower and more importantly; where are they?
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