Obviously Ike, a real leader, not an academic theoretician.
The same Eisenhower who was sympathetic to segregationists and refused to take a stand against McCarthyism even after Joe McCarthy started trying to paint George Marshall as an unpatriotic Soviet sympathizer? Yeah, that guy sure was a real leader 
Eisenhower was a great *military* leader/General. However, he was a pretty mediocre *political* leader.
It is funny, because you could have just as well been talking about JFK there.
Nice try, but although it is true that both John and Robert Kennedy were awful on McCarthyism, the idea that either was sympathetic to segregationists is simply absurd. Thanks for playing though, better luck next time!
In the 1950's, it was considered by some that if segregationists were to run their own states' rights candidate, JFK might be a good choice for Vice President given his record on the issue. It was only in the buildup to 1960 where JFK knew he'd need the support of northern liberals to win the nomination that he tacked a different course (at least rhetorically) on the issue.
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