Loading ...If I had to guess, I would guess that most of 60 Minutes’ viewers are older and conservative. I know my parents never missed it and one of my father’s favorite parts was always the Andy Rooney segment at the end. Well last night Rooney unloaded on the war in Iraq and even played an Eisenhower quote about the danger of allowing the military industrial complex to become bloated and take over the government with the "rise of misplaced power".
I’d love to hear what middle America thinks about that.
Click here to watch a Quicktime clip of Rooney’s editorial.
Here’s another Eisenhower quote Rooney could have included:
"Should any political party attempt to abolish social security,
unemployment insurance and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you
would not hear of that party again in our political history. There is a
tiny splinter group, of course, that believes that you can do these
things. Among them are a few Texas oil millionaires, and an occasional politician or businessman from other areas. Their number is negligible and they are stupid."
If only we had listened to Eisenhower’s prophetic warnings. And it’s not like these are wild stabs in the dark, these are spot on predictions of exactly what we are allowing to take place. Where’s our new Eisenhower?
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