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Eisenhower: “It is wonderful to see the bandwagon and the Ike balloon, even if only in the moon.”

On the recordOctober 27, 1954
It is wonderful to see the bandwagon and the Ike balloon, even if only in the moon.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

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Address at Eisenhower Day Dinner Given by the Citizens for Eisenhower Congressional Committee for the District of Columbia

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