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Eisenhower committed genocide but I guess that isn't scandalous.

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[–] HumanBehaviorByBjork@hexbear.net 39 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

> be president
> bail out the banks
> maintain torture sites all around the world, including the ones i explicitly said i'd close
> execute teenagers without trial by drone strike
> expand the largest surveillance program in history
> destabilize and destroy multiple sovereign nations
> give people cash for their clunkers and wear a tan suit
> mfw

[–] Assian_Candor@hexbear.net 11 points 2 months ago

The salt pit is the first thing I thought of

[–] Findom_DeLuise@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] buckykat@hexbear.net 8 points 2 months ago

All the "scandals" were shit like this or the tan suit because all the actually heinous shit he did was fully bipartisan evil

[–] beanlover@hexbear.net 8 points 2 months ago

Obama double tap

[–] Comp4@hexbear.net 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I was on board with Obama until he wore that tan suit angery

[–] SevenSkalls@hexbear.net 30 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The comments I read are surprisingly good, at least. They immediately started digging into Eisenhower's scandals with the Dulles brothers lol. I need to read that book, The Brothers, someone recommended in there. Makes you wonder why someone would make this post at all when it's that easy to disprove in the very first comment...

[–] SacredExcrement@hexbear.net 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The person who posted it has terminal 'Great Man Syndrome' brain. One of their more recent comments (ALL of their recent comments are in the stupid 'r/Presidents' sub):

McCain would've been a great president if he won in 2000

Seriously, the person who posted that thread is an idiot.

[–] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Thank holy Fuck McCain wasn't president in 2000 or he would have totally dropped nukes. Not on the Taliban or bin Ladin. Just in general he would have used them somewhere (anywhere) after 9/11.

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago

He would have crashed one

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

OP has 88 in their name, they're trolling.

[–] Angel@hexbear.net 9 points 2 months ago

Actually, they're just 36 years old nerd

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 16 points 2 months ago