The Draft Eisenhower movement was a widespread political movement to persuade Dwight D. Eisenhower to contest the presidency of the United States. Due to his popularity as Army chief of staff, he was widely expected to run in the 1948 election. Polls ranked him ahead of other candidates; he was approached by various politicians. James Roosevelt invited all the Democratic delegates to a caucus attempting to make a joint appeal, but Eisenhower refused to enter politics. In 1951, the draft movement re-emerged, while Eisenhower had not announced his political affiliation. Republican senator Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. managed his party's efforts to draft Eisenhower. On March 11, 1952, Eisenhower won the Republican primary in New Hampshire, and later agreed to run. Nominated by the Republicans, he won the 1952 election by a huge margin. The slogan "I like Ike" is associated with this movement (advertisement shown). The Draft Eisenhower movement has been referenced in various later draft movements.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1843:

During a period of activity known as the Great Eruption, Eta Carinae briefly became the second-brightest star in the night sky. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eta_Carinae

1945:

World War II: Imperial Japan established the Empire of Vietnam, a short-lived puppet state, with Bảo Đại as its ruler. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_of_Vietnam

1966:

President Sukarno signed the Supersemar, giving Indonesian general Suharto the authority to restore order during recent mass killings. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supersemar

2012:

U.S. Army officer Robert Bales murdered sixteen civilians and wounded six others in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandahar_massacre

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

jibe: 1. (transitive) To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride, to mock, to taunt. 2. (transitive) To say in a mocking or taunting manner. 3. (intransitive) To make a mocking remark or remarks; to jeer. […] 4. (intransitive, Canada, US, informal) To accord or agree. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jibe

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

People underestimate how dangerous dictators are. In 2014, we spoke to the UK parliament, we spoke at the Senate in the US, we were asked by a lot of people how they should talk to Putin, how they should frame the conversation, and I always advised that they should be as strict as they could. You cannot play nice with Putin.   --Nadezhda Tolokonnikova https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Nadezhda_Tolokonnikova