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Originally Posted by ALovelyKiss

D. D. E i s e n h o w e r

I have been thinking a lot about "Ike" in the past few years. Probably because I do remember the GOP as a very different party from my youth. He took office when I was 2 years old and left when I was 8 when JFK was elected. My family has always been Democrats, except I now see portions that broke to the GOP during Reagan's terms. The main reason? Money as that part of the family began to make a bunch of it under his presidency and most certainly under Bush I & II. Many of these relatives were staunch Union Democrats in the 30's-50's. Yet, today, are like most Republicans above that $250,000/year level, they are terrified of losing their wealth. I thank the Goddesses that these relatives live way far away from me. But, they are related to me. Many do have questionable backrounds in the "mob."