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Romney's inspiration going forward may come less from Kennedy than from Dwight Eisenhower, whom Romney reveres to such an extent, he told the Atlantic Monthly, that he asked his grandchildren to call him "Ike" and Ann "Mamie." It was Eisenhower who presided over the first National Prayer Breakfast, saw the addition of "under God" to the Pledge of Allegiance and IN GOD WE TRUST to dollar bills, and declared that "our form of government has no sense unless it is founded in a deeply felt religious faith, and I don't care what it is." There has always been...
...fighting in the field. Twice, things seemed to be going well or reasonably well, and the incumbents were re-elected (F.D.R. in 1944, Bush in 2004). Twice, the wars were not going well, and the incumbent party lost (Korea in 1952, with Harry Truman choosing not to run and Dwight Eisenhower beating Adlai Stevenson; and Vietnam in 1968, with Lyndon Johnson withdrawing and Richard Nixon beating Hubert Humphrey...
...people have the inside view of the bathrooms of U.S. Presidents. As the main White House plumber for seven Presidents, Howard Arrington (above, center) fished out golf balls that Dwight Eisenhower drove into the South Lawn fountain and appeased a testy Lyndon Johnson's demands for more body sprays in his shower. After Watergate made plumbing a nasty euphemism, Arrington explained, "I'm the real White House plumber...
...vice president Dick Cheney [March 19], I thought I would be reading an informative and factual piece. Instead, I pored over an opinion piece with a number of unattributed quotes, more condemnation of the President and the Iraq war and a diatribe against I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby. Tom Tock, Dwight, Illinois...
...Vice President Dick Cheney [March 19], I thought I would be reading an informative and factual piece. Instead, I pored over an opinion piece with a number of unattributed quotes, more condemnation of the President and the Iraq war and a diatribe against I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby. Tom Tock, DWIGHT, ILLINOIS...