That night in Milwaukee, Eisenhower delivered a blistering attack on the Democrats and the Truman administration that sounded very much like a speech that could have been given by MacArthur or Nixon. Unbeknownst to Eisenhower, however, his staff had released to the press the original text of the speech, including the praise for Marshall. Journalists who had been expecting a bold statement of support on behalf of Marshall listened in vain.
way to sell out your mentor to terrible people to gain basically nothing given the final election results
