re: #146 jamesfirecat

Dwight Eisenhower: Exactly the type of “small government” Military man conservatives can rally around, he only created, the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, the Interstate Highway System, and sent Federal troops into Arkansas to enforce integration.

If Reagan was a true conservative he would’ve abolished Eisenhower’s big government creations like the Department of Health and Human Services.
The Department of Education was established in 1979. There is no Department of Welfare.

The interstate highway system is constitutional under the interstate highway clause. I’m a Republican and “socialized roads” is one of the few big government programs I support. Highways brought untold business opportunities and prosperity.

If you are implying Republicans hate Eisenhower for enforcing integration you are dead wrong. Integration was pushed for by Northern Democrats and REPUBLICANS. Not all Republicans are racists.