Opinon of Adlai Stevenson

[Don Vito Corleone]

What is your Opinon of Adlai Stevenson?

Me personally, if I was around in the 1950's, I would be president of the Adlai Stevenson fan club.

[Kingpoleon]

Massive FF, too bad that both times he ran he wasn't on top of the ticket.

[Kamala]

Jr is an FF
Sr less so

[President of the great nation of 🏳️‍⚧️]

Kingpoleon, judging from his remark about the 50s, I assume he means the one that was on the top of the ticket. Anyway,

Jr is an FF
Sr less so

[Don Vito Corleone]

Massive FF, too bad that both times he ran he wasn't on top of the ticket.

TIL Adlai Stevenson's Grandfather was VP in the 1890's.

[TDAS04]

FF.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

FF, FF, and FF

[TheSaint250]

HP. Liberal who disagreed with the Brown v. Board ruling

[RINO Tom]

Generic liberal Democrat with a spice of racist/segregationist pandering?  HP.

[Kingpoleon]

Generic liberal Democrat with a spice of racist/segregationist pandering?  HP.

Yeah, he wasn't too good in 1952. Kefauver appears to have been a better influence on him in 1956, though.

[darklordoftech]

Better than the Dulles brothers, and the anti-intellectual attacks on him set the stage for ideas like "ketchup is a vegetable", "global warming is a hoax", "protectionism is good", etc.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Better than the Dulles brothers, and the anti-intellectual attacks on him set the stage for ideas like "ketchup is a vegetable", "global warming is a hoax", "protectionism is good", etc.

"Protectionism is good" had been around for centuries before either Adlai Stevenson stepped out onto the national stage. 

[TheSaint250]

Generic liberal Democrat with a spice of racist/segregationist pandering?  HP.

Yeah, he wasn't too good in 1952. Kefauver appears to have been a better influence on him in 1956, though.

Kefauver was definitely better, especially on civil rights.  I would not have minded him as President.

[Lechasseur]

FF. One of my favorite Democratic nominees and presidential losers. He would have probably been a decent president.

[darklordoftech]

Better than the Dulles brothers, and the anti-intellectual attacks on him set the stage for ideas like "ketchup is a vegetable", "global warming is a hoax", "protectionism is good", etc.

"Protectionism is good" had been around for centuries before either Adlai Stevenson stepped out onto the national stage. 

What I meant is that it was discredited by WWII and was confined to the anti-intellectual extremes of both parties until 2016.

[President Punxsutawney Phil]

FF, FF, and FF

[TheSaint250]

Better than the Dulles brothers, and the anti-intellectual attacks on him set the stage for ideas like "ketchup is a vegetable", "global warming is a hoax", "protectionism is good", etc.

"Protectionism is good" had been around for centuries before either Adlai Stevenson stepped out onto the national stage. 

What I meant is that it was discredited by WWII and was confined to the anti-intellectual extremes of both parties until 2016.

No one has really called for strict protectionism--just better free trade deals.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Better than the Dulles brothers, and the anti-intellectual attacks on him set the stage for ideas like "ketchup is a vegetable", "global warming is a hoax", "protectionism is good", etc.

"Protectionism is good" had been around for centuries before either Adlai Stevenson stepped out onto the national stage. 

What I meant is that it was discredited by WWII and was confined to the anti-intellectual extremes of both parties until 2016.

The US did not ditch protectionism simply because of muh Second World War, and protectionist policies to varying degrees have been applied by numerous presidents from both parties. Each step towards free trade in the 20th century was a step away from and against a protectionist past--one that we were still mired in to some extent even into the 1970's.

[darklordoftech]

Better than the Dulles brothers, and the anti-intellectual attacks on him set the stage for ideas like "ketchup is a vegetable", "global warming is a hoax", "protectionism is good", etc.

"Protectionism is good" had been around for centuries before either Adlai Stevenson stepped out onto the national stage. 

What I meant is that it was discredited by WWII and was confined to the anti-intellectual extremes of both parties until 2016.

The US did not ditch protectionism simply because of muh Second World War, and protectionist policies to varying degrees have been applied by numerous presidents from both parties. Each step towards free trade in the 20th century was a step away from and against a protectionist past--one that we were still mired in to some extent even into the 1970's.

I stand corrected.

[Mr. Smith]

Meh.

His Grandy and Kid were more talented.