Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower said Vice President Richard Nixon had given him no indication he planned to run for president on the November 10, 1963 edition of Face the Nation. (CBS NEWS)
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My respect for this man has increased tenfold since reading some amazing books on him. Don't be fooled by the genial grandfatherly look. He had a mind like a steel trap and was a political operator of the highest order.
The timing is pretty amazing. Just 12 days before the assassination of Kennedy -- just 12 days before Walter Cronkite would make one of the best known announcements of his career.
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And in Dec., 1969, a grown up David Eisenhower married Julie Nixon, Richard Nixon's older daughter, a marriage that has endured all these nearly 49 years later. The Presidential Retreat in the Catoctin Mountains is also named for David Eisenhower. President Roosevelt had originally named it Shangri la, but Ike renamed it Camp David and no other President has ever renamed it.
tinwoods hahah yeah Nixon... for Watergate... what about when Nixon took us off the Gold Standard?? You need to study up on that so you can begin to appear intelligent.
Eisenhower was reserved with every word. Many feel he felt threatened by Nixon due to significant heart problems that plagued him during some of his White House years. Ike was a national hero but didn't want to share the spotlight with anyone. His Presidency was largely a guardianship of the country; the strong economy and innovations that emerged were because of the private sector, not his policies. But because he was a military genius with impeccable credentials, we stayed at peace as Russia didn't want to trigger him. They waited for the next occupant to pursue Cuba. That's just one person's take.
Nothing bad in being the guardian of the country. It's a political philosophy as great as liberalism (according to the American meaning of this word). Ike had strong views about government and community. Historians have realized that only a few years ago.
Of course Eisenhower gave us the Interstate Highways, he raised Social Security, raised the Minimum Wage, and kept the corporate tax rate at 70 percent - basic liberalism. He went full speed ahead with the Hydrogen Bomb. Those moves by his administration shaped the nation as much or more than the private sector.
I would say his policies directly effected the trajectory of the economy. He created NASA, public dollars/investment into science, math and engineering, balanced budgets and no wars.
Not Conservative or Liberal. He was a God-sent Prophet. He warned us against the Global Warming "Technical Elite". And he warned us against the LBJ-inspired Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex who killed JFK and Bobby and John Jr.
I am a far left libertarian socialist and Ike is one of the few Republican president's I have a lot of respect and admiration of. He was a good principled man who wanted to protect our social services and protect us from the military industrial complex.
darthbriboy A far cry from what the republican party has degenerated into today. Ike shook my hand at a campaign stop in late 1955. I was 2 yrs old at the time and naturally don't remember it, but I've always been proud of that.
Any other labels you wanna place on yourself ya effin idiot? Take yer free loadin utopian ideas and get on outta here nah! Go to Venezuela and live the dream.
Its funny how much more eloquent they were despite the pauses and uhs. I think I sound like a entitled 16 year old girl when I talk. How do I learn to speak this way?
In the original farewell speech text, Eisenhower wrote it as _MICC_ ... Military Industrial _Congress_ Complex Politicians were able to convince him to change that prior to the speech. Patton wouldn't have caved.
Eisenhower was a good man and president, unfortunately I feel like his presidency was overshadowed by JFK. Even though Kennedy is mostly remembered for his speeches.
Why did Dwight David Eisenhower really appoint Richard Milhouse Nixon as Vice President?I do not fault Eisenhower for giving Nixon the Vice Presidency.Ike could never anticipate that in over a decade later,the Watergate break-in would occur,and end the Political career of Richard Milhouse Nixon.
Going on Face The Nation then was an honorable experience. The moderators were true journalists and showed respect for the guests. Today, you do not Face the Nation. You face a bunch of hacks.
There’s a reason why Eisenhower served two terms and there’s a reason why our country was at its strongest with prosperity and peace during his administration. There has always been and will be forces of evil within our political establishment on both sides of the aisle that try to disparage great people who love our country such as Eisenhower, Nixon and Trump.
That was one of the better ones especially about any president. He was a very good president to. One of the last moral, competent men to occupy the white house
This man is legitimately my favorite President. I watched a movie with an I Like Ike joke and out of desperation for merchandise(it’s practically non existent) so I bought an Ike shirt. After starting to do research about him, he slowly became my favorite president
Im so happy about being related to most of the Presidents from george Washington to nixon nixon did bad choices but the ones before were great men who fought for our freedoms and did it mostly with great graces and held respect
I would of love to see Ike’s reaction if Walter Cronkite asked him, “Mr. President, what is your reaction to a CBS news poll we gave to 1,000 registered voters about Richard Nixon. Most people wouldn’t vote for a man they don’t feel comfortable buying a used car from?” Ike would start stuttering, “Ahhhh, well, ahh…”
Eisenhower had launched Operation Dixie in the late 50's which Goldwater was actually using by then for his '64 campaign. 'course in less then 9 months LBJ would stage his Gulf of Tonkin false flag, and just needed to run the Crazy Goldwater nuclear bomber ad one day on TV to beat Barry Goldwater by Nov. 64. Nixon started developing the Southern Strategy by '65, hedging the bets on civil rights. Reagan was beating his bongos in the south about the TVA soo much, General Electric didn't like him anymore!
Eisenhower usually played his cards close to the vest. Nixon was never a close adviser of Eisenhower's, but he dutifully played the attack dog role against the press and opponents of the administration and took a beating, allowing Eisenhower to seem like he was mostly above the fray. The way that Nixon got treated by Eisenhower's inner circle was pretty bad, particularly in the run up to the 1956 reelection campaign, where Eisenhower was urged to drop Nixon to run with someone else. They let speculation dangle in the press for months and Nixon was deeply affected and depressed by reports of his impending replacement.Though Eisenhower was one of the most shrewd and legendary military leaders of the 20th century, he could be oddly wishy washy and indecisive on some political matters (dealing head-on with Joseph McCarthy, for example), or so it seemed. I don't think Eisenhower cared at all for the dirty business of Washington politics.
That's because he really didn't want Nixon. Eisenhower publicly made it clear he wanted Reagan to be his successor in the Republican Party (In a 1967 speech, Ike said that Ronald Reagan was one of the men he most admired in the world and that he would make a fine presidential candidate). He basically put his mantle on him before he died.
What Would General George Patton have actually thought of or have even said about Eisenhower and his Political and Primary Role And Status as The President Of The United States for eight long years going from 1953 - 1961 had he lived on past December of 1945 had he never been killed from those Severe and Life Threatening injuries that he had suffered in that Car Accident and Collision Itself I wonder ? 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔 ?
I don’t really think he had any faith in Nixon, but picked him in 1952 because of the momentary need to quell a right wing rebellion over his centrist policies. It was short term expedience.
Nixon brought in the McCarthy era with his masters the Bush's, that was where he picked up media dislike. Of course Cronkite hated JFK, but you didn't have news back then like we've had since they changed the FCC laws in '87 to make room for Rush Limpdong.
@@troubledsole9104 rat? He was a great president. Tapes destroyed him, at least he wasn't Obama using the FBI to bug Trump tower. Ohhhhhh, that's okay, but recording a hotel office isn't???
Kennedy was Meh and I mean that as being at best. Only in office for two years. His VP was a racist Dixiecrat. Got into Vietnam. One in a long line of Democrats seeking to capitalize on the basest instincts of human nature.
@@goodguyty941 Eisenhower administration with vice president Nixon started sending U.S special forces advisers to train the south vietnamese military and the Eisenhower administration with vice president Nixon didn't hold the elections in south Vietnam in 1956. So Eisenhower started the Vietnam war and it happened right after the French lost at dein bein phu. Those elections should have taken place in south Vietnam in 1956 but Eisenhower wanted the Vietnam war and his speech about the military industrial machinery was just Eisenhower feeling guilty about increasing the military industrial complex during his 8 years. Diem was a OLIGARCH gangster puppet installed by the Eisenhower administration and no 1956 elections in south Vietnam
@@goodguyty941 you dont know anything about how politics work. If anyones to really blame for Vietnam its Lyndon Johnson. LBJ was a war profiteer and was too stubborn to pull out
Cornkite was under much better rule...a true man of honoe never twisting the truth...need that back again never to be undone. Obama gets sredit for our news mess.
How was Nixon a bad president? He was actually a very liberal president, against the war in Vietnam, took usa off the gold standard, pong diplomacy with Maoist China, furthered Great Society programs, etc. People that say Nixon was unpopular are utterly uninformed, he won reelection in '72 by a complete LANDSLIDE. Watergate was a witch hunt, a way to remove a democratically elected leader on technicalities and it has set a terrible precedent in the usa since
So even presidents back in the day were endorsing nominees that they disliked while in office. Like how Hillary Obama disliked each other until Obama left office. Then Obama then approved of Hillary. Strange.
Notice how the media was Left-leaning even then. Walter Cronkite was trying to drive a wedge between Eisenhower and Nixon after Eisenhower said Nixon was capable and courageous. Cronkite tries to suggest that Eisenhower was cool to Nixon or did not like him.
There had always been speculation on that, and it came to a boil when Eisenhower made a flippant remark at a press conference to "give me a week and I might think of one" when he was asked to name a major decision to which Nixon had contributed in the eight years. It was a foolish remark, and Eisenhower had his share of verbal gaffes. He did not want Kennedy to win at all and tried to walk it back later.
@@geoffwalker4764 Trump lies constantly even over the dumbest things. He also made a lot of dumb decisions that will cost us dearly. Reagan was a great communicator, but his policies on unions ultimately lead to the income inequality we have today.
Looks like the interview happened in his house in Gettysburg, can still be seen today , exactly like that. For many years Ike was a hero of mine but now with all that’s been unveiled in the last few years it appears he was simply a front. He did what he was told by the owners and allowed a lot of problems that we are still dealing with today to get out of hand. The main one being the CIA. When he was first elected the CIA was just starting out and there was a window of opportunity to get some kind of control of it but he allowed Dulles to do whatever he wanted and it ended up costing JFK his life and this country it’s freedom. Not to mention the wars, the takeover of the media, and astronomical corporate corruption .He is a disappointment.
That is a very interesting Segway. I was born during the Eisenhower administration and would like to know where you get your information from. I'm not going to challenge anything, Because i don't know enough about what you are saying to do that, But I am curious.
Miller is right, he was a military genius. He was not presidential material. Listen to his farewell address to the nation. He realizes he has created a monster in the"C.I.A" and he was trying to warn the nation. It was too late!!!
harvest usher I seriously doubt he was a military genius either, overall I don’t think he was a very bright guy at all, he was useful to the powers that be. He was pliable you might say. Patton was a military genius, MacArthur but not Ike. He simply had control of overwhelming force. Patton argued with him to be more daring but he just lined them up and pushed ahead, losing a good many men where maneuver may have saved them. When asked about Ike MacArthur said “he was the best clerk he ever had”. Not much of an endorsement.
Miller, when i say"military genius" I'm trying to give him credit for something because he was not a good pres. He had no speaking skills and was not a good off the cuff Speaker. He is almost in the"Trump camp".
