BTW, Ike was thinking of one or two _specific_ Texas oil millionaires who were vociferous at the time.
On 3/2/06, Dan Scanlan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 believe you can do these things. Among them are a few 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, 1954 > > Footnote for those who believe that this quote is too perfect to be true: > Eisenhower Presidential Papers, Document #1147, November 8, 1954. The Papers > of Dwight David Eisenhower, Volume XV, Part VI, Chapter 13: "A new phase of > political experience." -- Jim Devine / Bust Big Brother Bush! "America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between." -- Oscar Wilde.
