Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for July 11, 2024

The wavering state of tensions and prosperity during Ike’s presidency led to development and advancement in many progressive ideologies in ways that are still being unraveled today.

In 1952, President Eisenhower signed Executive Order 10450. It barred gays and lesbians from federal employment…

But WWII was a legitimate fight against a great evil. Vietnam was a rich men’s war fought by poor men’s sons! THAT’S what shaped people like Mark—whether gay or straight.

I’ve never known a WW2 vet who called Ike anything other than “General Eisenhower.” One said, “President General Eisenhower.”

You excepted Ike to give away all the secrets?

i liked ike. that was the end of the republican party. nothing like it exists now.

What a hateful jerk: his estranged son is trying to find some emotional connection with him and he still whines about him.

Don’t get your knickers in a twist, dad

What made the USA go from the greatness of Ike to the trash of Trump?

YouTube: Lawrence: Donald Trump is proposing the ‘worst economic policy in U.S. history’

YouTube: ‘There is no real choice this November’: Ken Burns gives powerful defense of democracy

Definitely not “straight”.

Sound like information that’s only given on a ‘need to know’ basis.

The connection is direct: namely, the defense of freedom.

It’s not a straight line OR a gay line!

But Ike did talk about what a jerk you would become as you got older! Looks like Ike was right.

If seems like a natural progression.

Did mark’s dad peel potatoes from left to right or from right to left?

From Ike to King to Malcolm X, everyone loves you when you’re dead.