Tuesday, March 21, 2006

Bush v. LBJ

Since today's bash Bush day, I thought I'd drag up this old LBJ quote:

We Liked Ike. This exerpt from a letter by President Eisenhower to his brother on Nov. 8, 1954 seems to have a timely ring to it:

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 H. L. Hunt (you possibly know his background), a few other Texas oil millionaires, and an occasional politician or business man from other areas. Their number is negligible and they are stupid.