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Looks like Gran dad was a big influence in John's life..


In the 2016 primary, no Republican would do what Eisenhower had been willing to do—serve in order to prevent the nation from veering too far to the right. The conventional wisdom has become that the primary election is where candidates are most polarized, that they will veer more to the center post-primary, when they are no longer mostly concerned about getting out the base of voters who bother to show up for primary elections but instead want to appeal to a wider pool of voters. Eisenhower did just the opposite, bringing his party into the White House for the first time in decades because he was willing to be moderate. His moderation on issues of Civil Rights has tarnished his legacy (though he was the strongest advocate of Civil Rights since Lincoln) but that moderation also allowed him gravity when he did use presidential power, as he did when he forcibly integrated Central High School in Little Rock by federalizing the state’s national guard. In these ways, he was very much like Lincoln—committed to unity for as long as he could be, then able to use force effectively.

Today’s Republican party would be unrecognizable to Lincoln, Eisenhower, or Prine’s grandfather.
https://anygoodthing.com/2016/11/06/john-prine-on-lincoln-and-eisenhower-and-me-and-taylor-swift-on-trump/

https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/john-prine-obituary-covid-coronavirus-holstein-fulks/Content?oid=79109489