Dwight D. Eisenhower

famously, Eisenhower Answers America, secured Ike Eisenhower the presidency. Because of this, political advertising would never be the same. In the 1952 election between Ike Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson reoccurring points and issues include: threats of communism, corruption among politicians and federal employees, the economy, and the Korean War. Eisenhower’s political ads portrayed him as skilled and experienced leader on both foreign and domestic issues. Through his ads, Eisenhower…

physical and mental limits. However, the general public thought that this action was uncalled for and simply cruel. As a consequence, Patton’s reputation and public opinion plummeted. Shortly after this incident, Patton was reprimanded by President Eisenhower and forced to issue a public apology. He issued various apologies, both private and public. This is where Patton demonstrated the Lincoln principle Take public opinion baths. Unfortunately, his public opinion still suffered. Patton…

While reading President Richard Nixon’s first inaugural speech, I could visualize all men working together towards a common goal of peace. Nixon voiced his desire for the American people just as the presidents did before him, we want peace and equality for all mankind; black and whites working together, to create a habitat of freedom throughout the world, peace at home and equality for all men black and white alike, working together dominating none. At the age of nine years old we moved from…

Supreme Court justices do have personal views. They are appointed through a political process. Observers naturally must ask how great a role their political views actually play. Some scholars argue that the justices’ political preferences play a large role, essentially dictating their decisions in many cases. They point to the fact that justices appointed by conservative presidents tend to vote in a conservative fashion and those appointed by liberal presidents vote the opposite way. The…

leadership of Martin Luther King. In the international arena, the predominant image of the country was shaken by recent unpleasant diplomacy –especially the failed summit with Krushchev. However, in 1960, one thing is certain---America needed change. Eisenhower reached the presidential term limit and thus the quadrennial election was to be held with two new candidates. Our candidate, vice president Nixon, played an important role in this election, but he was defeated by the young Catholic…

Major winters was perhaps one of the greatest commanding officer in World War 2. He commanded commanded Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment during world war 2. Winters started as a second lieutenant when he joined Easy Company and after the war he ended as a Major. In Winters’ service he has done some amazing acts on the battlefield and even awarded for his actions. According to herosforever.nl “Winters was born in Pennsylvania on January 21, 1918 and graduated from…

The Inequality of Equality “The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal” claimed Aristotle, a greek philosopher. Equality has always been an issue for us as humans for as long as we can remember. We strive for life to be “fair”. When our neighbor gets great objects we expect to get possessions equally as great. After all, that is only fair. Despite how much we try to reach this fairness and equality, time and time again history proves that we are far from it. The Little…

Former President Dwight Eisenhower once said: “When you put on a uniform, there are certain inhibitions that you accept.” Although what Eisenhower meant was in a military environment, the idea behind the quote should be carefully considered in a school setting enforcing a mandatory uniform policy. School uniforms shouldn’t be a part of public schools since they restrict students from expressing themselves while making them feel uncomfortable; and because they are expensive, uniforms aren’t…

Death, Love, Life, Murder! George Patton was a rising leader in the world as a young boy. The future famed World War Two General always had a knack for leadership. General George S. Patton was a tank commander during the Second World War that managed to do unbelievable things in war. His men respected him and hated him at times. Since Patton was such a great leader he got business done. George Patton was a great American hero that had a knack for leadership and lead America to success even…

The twenty second Hubert Humphrey Presidential campaign ad from 1968 is one of the most simple and memorable ads in American politics. Commonly known as “Laughter”, the ad employs humor to smear the Vice-Presidential candidate Spiro Agnew and Presidential candidate Nixon while also making a serious point. Starting with an image of a blank wall with the words “Political Announcement”, a man is laughing as the camera pans toward a television. As the image on the television screen comes into view,…