Plan for the Day
- The United States becoming a world Superpower
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- News Conference (June 17, 1953)
- Farewell Address (January 17, 1961)
- Democracy/Liberty/Freedom/ETC. quotation:
“Freedom has been defined as the opportunity for self-discipline. Other forms of discipline are imposed, but in freedom we must have self-discipline. Therefore, a soldier goes to his task because he feels within himself the duty to do it, to discipline himself, not to respond merely to the methods of tyranny and dictatorship..”
—Dwight D. Eisenhower. “Remarks Upon Receiving the 1958 World Peace Award at the AMVETS Luncheon.” The American Presidency Project, 1 May 1959.
The Politics of Language–Veterans Day Edition
In case we didn’t get to this on Tuesday, I want to direct your attention to a discussion on language use and etymology relevant for Veterans Day/Armistice Day from the great philosopher George Carlin (1990-something). Let me know if you’re confused as to the satire…
Draft Eisenhower Movement
It seems fitting that we’ll start discussing Dwight D. Eisenhower the week of Veterans Day. As I’ve mentioned before, when I have a bias, I like to disclose that. We all have biases, so we should be honest when we’re discussing a subject where our opinions (including expert ones…) may influence our coverage of the subject. I think President Eisenhower’s #5 ranking is well deserved on this C-SPAN Survey.
Eisenhower was so popular that both Republicans and Democrats wanted him to run on their ticket. He ran in 1952 and 1956 (notice the areas he won). Can you imagine such a scenario today? Gen. Colin Powell is the only other person I can think of (remember, I’m not a historian or political scientist) who also had such bipartisan support for some amount of time. Both Eisenhower and Powell were highly successful, well respected military servicemembers.
But Back to Eisenhower
- Presidential ad: “I like Ike” from Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) vs. Adlai Stevenson II (D) [1952—HOPE]
- “My Bike Likes Ike”–Arthur “Fonzie” Fonzarelli
- DailyMotion has the full Happy Days episode (Season 2, Ep. 15, 1975)
- Campaign Speeches (15:25)
- Campaign HQ (19:30)
Next Week
We’ll cover any Eisenhower stuff we missed and move onto Cesar Chavez’s “United We Stand.” Don’t forget to do Weekly Discussion Post #9 before Friday, 11/13, 11:07pm.