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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why was Eisenhower's election not historic but JFK's was? Eisenhower was actually the first non-WASP president.[/quote] Because "WASP" refers to an elite, primarily east coast, establishment (hint, plenty of Appalachia hillbillies are technically WASPs). People didn't think in terms of WASPS versus everyone else. After all, Van Buren and the Roosevelts were of Dutch ancestry, not Anglo-Saxon. Abraham Lincoln grew up in a dirt poor rural family and in a log cabin, and a number of other presidents grew up in poorer rural conditions too and were self made. And the WASP establishment was never purebred or "pure blood" either. [/quote]
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