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He was courted by both major parties in 1948, but declined to run. He was "drafted" by Republicans in 1952 and won the general election in a ten-point victory and Electoral College landslide. His campaign slogan was "I Like Ike", which was meant to be worn on buttons and bumper stickers to show support. The unpopular and sour-faced [[Richard Nixon]] became his VP.
Under his presidency, the US Interstate Highway system was authorized and Ike made defense a priority, especially [[Superior Firepower]]. There was also quite a bit of stuff in Latin America (much of it unsavory). The [[CIA]] also undertook an operation to overthrow the democratically-elected Prime Minister of [[
The Civil Rights Movement got seriously going with ''Brown v. the Board of Education of Topeka''. Ike supported that decision, desegregated DC schools (per ''Bolling v. Sharpe'') on the spot and would later [[Big Damn Heroes|send down the 101st Airborne Division]] [[Pet the Dog|to enforce the inclusion of black students]] [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|in the high school at Little Rock, Arkansas]].
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* As a humourous take on an instance of [[Name's the Same]], his campaign slogan "We like Ike!" was used in ''[[Super Smash Bros|Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' to cheer on [[Name's the Same|another guy named]] [[Fire Emblem Tellius|Ike]].
* In the ''[[Beavis and Butthead]]'' movie, Mr. Anderson is touring the White House. He stares at the portrait of Eisenhower lamenting "Where are you when we need you, Ike?"
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* In the first episode of ''[[Scrubs]]'', Dr Cox checks on the state of an elderly male patient by [[Do Not Taunt Cthulhu|remarking]] that "Eisenhower was a sissy." He then jumps back and puts his fists up in defence. The patient's lack of response is taken as evidence that he is still comatose.
* He's mentioned in the ''[[All in The Family]]'' episode "Mike comes into Money":
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