05 Feb 11
Originally posted by TeinosukeIf his victory would have been in line with his acceptance speech for the Democratic nomination (and there's no reason to believe otherwise), we would have been better off--- certainly smarter.
He was witty and smart, but what kind of President would he have made? What might the US have been like in the 1950s under his Presidency? And how would the international situation have been different if he'd been in the White House?
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/adlaistevenson1952dnc.html
05 Feb 11
Originally posted by FreakyKBHYes, his acceptance speech is very generous and civil. It's interesting that you, a conservative, are pro-Stevenson; that kind of lends support to my feeling that he was a man capable of winning support on both sides of the political spectrum (and I suspect he'd have won in 1952 if the Republican nominee had been Taft).
If his victory would have been in line with his acceptance speech for the Democratic nomination (and there's no reason to believe otherwise), we would have been better off--- certainly smarter.
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/adlaistevenson1952dnc.html
What do you think would have been the major differences in US and domestic foreign policy if he'd been in the White House?