{"id":12934,"date":"2026-11-09T21:07:15","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T02:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/?page_id=12934"},"modified":"2026-11-09T21:07:15","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T02:07:15","slug":"amdm2026november12","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/amdm2026\/week-13-conservatism\/amdm2026november12\/","title":{"rendered":"Eisenhower Overview, 11\/12"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Plan for the Day<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The United States becoming a world Superpower<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/amdm2026\/week-13-conservatism\/dwighteisenhower\/\"><strong>Dwight D. Eisenhower<\/strong><\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a class=\"inline_disabled external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.presidency.ucsb.edu\/documents\/the-presidents-news-conference-488\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>News Conference<\/strong><\/a> (June 17, 1953)<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"inline_disabled external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.archives.gov\/milestone-documents\/president-dwight-d-eisenhowers-farewell-address\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Farewell Address<\/strong><\/a> (January 17, 1961)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Democracy\/Liberty\/Freedom\/ETC. quotation:<br \/>\n\u201c<strong>Freedom has been defined as the opportunity for self-discipline<\/strong>. Other forms of discipline are imposed, but in freedom we must have <strong>self-discipline<\/strong>. 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..\u201d<br \/>\n\u2014<strong>Dwight D. Eisenhower<\/strong>. \u201cRemarks Upon Receiving the 1958 World Peace Award at the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amvets.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AMVETS<\/a><\/strong> Luncheon.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.presidency.ucsb.edu\/node\/235583\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The American Presidency Project<\/a><\/strong>, 1 May 1959.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Politics of Language\u2013Veterans Day Edition<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In case we didn&#8217;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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=psMrA78qygM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>the great philosopher George Carlin<\/strong><\/a> (1990-something). Let me know if you\u2019re confused as to the satire\u2026<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Draft Eisenhower Movement<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It seems fitting that we\u2019ll start discussing Dwight D. Eisenhower the week of Veterans Day. As I\u2019ve mentioned before, when I have a bias, I like to disclose that. We all have biases, so we should be honest when we\u2019re discussing a subject where our opinions (including expert ones\u2026) may influence our coverage of the subject. I think President Eisenhower&#8217;s #5 ranking\u00a0is well deserved on this <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/presidentsurvey2021\/?page=overall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">C-SPAN Survey<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eisenhower was so popular that both Republicans and Democrats wanted him to run on their ticket. He ran in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:ElectoralCollege1952.svg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1952<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:ElectoralCollege1956.svg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1956<\/a><\/strong> (notice the areas he won). Can you imagine such a scenario today? <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/show\/remembering-the-life-and-legacy-of-colin-powell-a-national-security-trailblazer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gen. Colin Powell<\/a><\/strong> is the only other person I can think of (remember, I\u2019m 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.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>But Back to Eisenhower<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YP7WaUPACuY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Presidential ad<\/a><\/strong>: \u201cI like Ike\u201d from Dwight D. Eisenhower (R) vs. Adlai Stevenson II (D) [1952\u2014HOPE]<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rsVPWUZW31A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cMy Bike Likes Ike\u201d<\/a><\/strong>\u2013Arthur \u201cFonzie\u201d Fonzarelli\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymotion.com\/video\/x7yq2j2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DailyMotion<\/a><\/strong> has the full <em>Happy Days<\/em> episode (Season 2, Ep. 15, 1975)<\/li>\n<li>Campaign Speeches (15:25)<\/li>\n<li>Campaign HQ (19:30)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Next Week<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We&#8217;ll cover any Eisenhower stuff we missed and move onto Cesar Chavez&#8217;s &#8220;United We Stand.&#8221; Don\u2019t forget to do <strong>Weekly Discussion Post #9<\/strong> before Friday, 11\/13, 11:07pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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: \u201cFreedom 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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":598,"featured_media":0,"parent":12902,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12934","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P2HAOx-3mC","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/598"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12934"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12934\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12936,"href":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12934\/revisions\/12936"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}