Dwight D. Eisenhower was no Abe Lincoln

Nor was he Mr. Republican, Robert Taft of Ohio, but that is an expo faxto issue better left to the glimmering mists of the most obscure historians.  Think no Victors' Justice as your key words if you want to unlock this mystery of Taft's world view.

Now, I remember Ike's speeches, and to be kind, he was no JFK in using the bully pulpit as the leader of Free World to garner public support for his country's causes - defeat of the Russian communists' drive toward world domination, and an interstate highway for every Congressional District.  Yes, they were BIG issues that IKE took on in his presidency.  Indeed, he saved us, while bestowing upon the nation, Richard Milhous Nixon.

Despite Tricky Dick,  Ike was foremost a historically gifted manger and executive - he designed, organized and managed the single largest human undertaking in history, the D-Day invasion of Europe.  He mobilized more than two million armed service personnel and put them on ships and planes on June 5, 1944, and then agonized for more than 14 hours over whether the weather was good enuff to launch this armada.  With multitudes of generals and admirals demanding his decision, Ike vowed he would "never rush into making a mistake" with so many lives at stake. Think Obama care.  What would President Eisenhower advise his successor with 300 million lives at stake?