Same deal with me. I liked Ike for sending the 101st Airborne Division to escort kids to desegregate Little Rock HS, for falling in love with the 4 lane German Autobahns and using them as the template for our Interstate Highway system. And for his jaundiced view of Nixon:
At the very end of the presidency, Nixon was very hurt by Eisenhower. In the summer of 1960, someone asked Eisenhower, "Can you think of a major contribution that Nixon has made to your administration?" and Eisenhower said, "Well, if you give me a week I might think of one." [John F.] Kennedy used it against him.
His first realization of the value of good highways occurred in 1919, when he participated in the U.S. Army's first transcontinental motor convoy from Washington, D.C., to San Francisco.
When Eisenhower and a friend heard about the convoy, they volunteered to go along as observers, "partly for a lark and partly to learn," as he later recalled. On the way west, the convoy experienced all the woes known to motorists and then some - an endless series of mechanical difficulties; vehicles stuck in mud or sand; trucks and other equipment crashing through wooden bridges; roads as slippery as ice or dusty or the consistency of "gumbo"; extremes of weather from desert heat to Rocky Mountain freezing; and, for the soldiers, worst of all, speeches, speeches, and more speeches in every town along the way.
On Sept. 5, 1919, after 62 days on the road, the convoy reached San Francisco, where it was greeted with medals, a parade, and more speeches. During World War II, Gen. Eisenhower saw the advantages Germany enjoyed because of the autobahn network. He also noted the enhanced mobility of the Allies when they fought their way into Germany. These experiences shaped Eisenhower's views on highways. "The old convoy," he said, "had started me thinking about good, two-lane highways, but Germany had made me see the wisdom of broader ribbons across the land."
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