: 
: 
: 
: 
: 
: 
: 
: 
: 
: 
I am posting this because yesterday on HardBall With Chris Matthews, [ultra]Conservative pundit Pat Buchanan made the statement that the “Antiwar Candidate in wartime has never won a presidential election”…
(Buchanan’s statement is halfway through this video)
I beg to differ..
“Vote for PEACE!” “Its time for CHANGE!” “Its time for all good Americans to come to the aid of their country!“
Barack Obama? No, this was Republican candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1952. In a time of war (Korea), Eisenhower won the presidency on a message of peace, of ending the war, and on a message of “change”.
Interesting ads…
Dwight D. Eisenhower – Change for Peace Address (1953)
50 Comments
May 29, 2008 at 2:19 pm
A Republican running on “peace” and the “economy?”
Say it ain’t so!!
May 29, 2008 at 2:32 pm
That is so cool.
It should be sent to Olbermann so that brain dead Americans can see that the “liberals are weak” cry is nothing but a lame-assed excuse for their jingoistic attitudes.
May 29, 2008 at 3:49 pm
Z,
It was so. By the time he left office, the annual deficit had vanished and we were at peace with most of the World. Industry was humming along and gas was 19 cents per gallon. You could also buy a Buick Road Master for about $2600. I got my Special for about $1600 in 1957 (It was a 1956 leftover.)
May 29, 2008 at 4:00 pm
I baught my first car a used 1956 TBird with port window’s in 1959 for $1,700. it had 40 thousand mile’s on it and gas was fluctuating from .16 to .19 cent’s a gallon…I beat every corvette off the line that year and never spent more than $4.00 a week for gas…Sure liked that car…..Blessings
May 29, 2008 at 4:29 pm
I apologize.. I forgot to put the first part of this post up (now added) that puts this post in context. Its up now.
May 29, 2008 at 4:53 pm
Sorry – OT
Did anyone else know that Harvey Korman died?
I used to love when Tim Conway would crack him up during a skit on the Carol Burnett Show.
May 29, 2008 at 6:23 pm
This is a great post muse. You should email a link to Keith.
May 29, 2008 at 6:26 pm
How does one email anything to him Shayne? I would do it..
May 29, 2008 at 6:28 pm
Great idea, Shayne!
May 29, 2008 at 6:30 pm
Great post, muse! MSNBC is now touting a new website for his show, http://www.countdown.msnbc.com is the URL (I think). He also has something he calls TheNewsHole, but I can never remember the link. You may also consider e-mailing it to the particular show on which he said it, so that they may have a chance to “correct the record.”
Was Pat in his little “dog house”? (That part of his house from which he appears to be doing so many of his appearances.)
May 29, 2008 at 6:31 pm
Hover your cursor over the link in my previous comment and look at the “key words” that (I’m guessing) will get you to that site. One of them will stand out. Catch you later.
May 29, 2008 at 6:36 pm
I looked around muse but Wayne as usual seems to have the answer.
May 29, 2008 at 6:38 pm
Shayne, your Rev Pflegler has done a boo boo, and made dumb jokes in Obama’s church. Fox is going nuts with it.
Time to re-run your post?
May 29, 2008 at 6:59 pm
Are you watching “So you think you can dance?”
Shame on you young lady? Oh no, are you actually watching Fox News?
May 29, 2008 at 7:01 pm
Well he’s Catholic, they’re not even Christian are they?
May 29, 2008 at 7:02 pm
No, it was on Dan Abrams or Keith — can’t remember which.
May 29, 2008 at 7:03 pm
They don’t realize he’s being funny. He’s not even close to southern. How do we rerun it?
May 29, 2008 at 7:04 pm
I could tell he was being funny, but you know these wingnuts.
I think you can change the date and time stamp. Mention something in the post about it being a re-run.
May 29, 2008 at 7:05 pm
Are they going to accuse Obama of being Catholic now? Then all he has left is Jewish, and Buddhist. Oh, I forgot Scientologist and a couple of others.
May 29, 2008 at 7:07 pm
Mormon! Christian Scientist! Shinto!
May 29, 2008 at 7:36 pm
Hare Krishna and B’Hai.
May 29, 2008 at 7:39 pm
He’s definitely a Jehovah’s Witness.
May 29, 2008 at 7:41 pm
Maybe he’s a “Moonie”?
May 29, 2008 at 7:48 pm
Damn, why didn’t I think of that?
May 29, 2008 at 7:50 pm
He’s a Zoroastrian!
May 29, 2008 at 7:54 pm
I thought Antonio Banderas was Zorro. Is he running for president too?
May 29, 2008 at 7:55 pm
Couldn’t hurt…
May 29, 2008 at 7:57 pm
I don’t think Banderos was born in the USA…
May 29, 2008 at 7:58 pm
McCain is Panamanian.
May 29, 2008 at 7:59 pm
I think Obama will come out as the first presidential candidate who believes in the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
That’ll teach people to unconstitutionally ask a candidate about his religious beiefs.
Sorry, gotta go. TDS is on.
May 29, 2008 at 8:09 pm
If they’re cute enough does it matter muse. I bet Italy would let George Clooney run for president. Zooey, stop swooning!
May 29, 2008 at 8:11 pm
I will admit it.. Zoro is one of my favorite movies. I LOVE Banderas. He’s hot..
May 29, 2008 at 8:11 pm
And he can sing..
May 29, 2008 at 8:12 pm
I would definitely move to Italy then.
May 29, 2008 at 8:13 pm
Banderas is good, as long as I can avoid thinking about who he’s married to. Ick.
May 29, 2008 at 8:14 pm
You got that right..
May 29, 2008 at 8:16 pm
Can you imagine listening to that voice every single day?
I’d stick an ice pick in my ears.
May 29, 2008 at 8:17 pm
I am guessing you are referring to the wife.. I could listen to his voice all day (and night) long..
May 29, 2008 at 8:17 pm
Yes he is muse. And he’s short. I find it enchanting that he sticks by her side.
May 29, 2008 at 8:18 pm
My daughter thinks he’s a god because of Evita.
May 29, 2008 at 8:18 pm
Another fine quality…
May 29, 2008 at 8:19 pm
I’m still watching MSNBC. Geez, Republicans are harsh.. (and cold and nasty, etc……..) Did I mention just flat mean? Brutal?
May 29, 2008 at 8:22 pm
I didn’t see Evita. I’ll have to rent it.
I love everything he does. The one movie I hated was “Original Sin” with Angelina Jolie. Gross…
May 29, 2008 at 8:24 pm
I watched the David Gregory thing earlier. I can’t stand him anymore. Not since the MC Rove thing. He’s very defensive over the Scotty book.
May 29, 2008 at 8:26 pm
Wasn’t David Gregory on stage with Rove when Rove did that REALLY STUPID MC Rove bit?
I have never been able to stomach Gregory, but I am just watching all these shows tonight watching the reactions and how they intend to spin this..
And I love Rachel Maddow…
May 29, 2008 at 8:31 pm
Yes, that’s why I can’t stand him. That’s a massive conflict of interest — although not unusual these days.
May 29, 2008 at 8:34 pm
I liked a Banderas movie where he was a knight or something. At first he was kind of a coward, but then he grew into a hero over the course of the film. It didn’t get great ratings. 13th Knight? Something like that.
May 29, 2008 at 8:46 pm
I’m falling asleep – better take advantage of that.
Goodnight, all!
May 29, 2008 at 9:00 pm
Zooey, the title might have been “The 13th Warrior”, or something like that, but it was based on Michael Crichton’s “Eaters of the Dead”, which in turn was based on “Beowulf”. A friend dared him to modernize the Middle English (or whatever) classic.
Good night, all.
May 29, 2008 at 9:11 pm
Night Wayne (and Jane)