Ah another keyboard commando weighs in. Oh and suck it. Originally Posted by S O BI happen to like Ike! He was an excellent General and the last fairly good Republican President. That is until Obama came along. We can debate that issue iin another thread. Now that we have the formalities out of the way, the fact that a former President does something does not necessarily make it right.
There were numerous President's prior to Abe who were oblivious to something as basic as slavery. They did so in spite of the fact that our Declaration of Independence clearly stated "that all men are created equal." Truth be known, many of those same President's owned slaves themselves. The fact that those Presidents ignored basic human rights does not justify their decisions any more than it justifies Ike's decision.