Comments on Advance Indiana™: Presidential Historian Compares Trump And Fiorina To Wendell Willkie

Just noted this at the Willkie wiki; "Post-e...

2015-09-02T16:52:53.219-05:00

Just noted this at the Willkie wiki;

"Post-election life

After the election, Willkie became a fervent internationalist and an unlikely ally of Roosevelt. To the chagrin of many Republicans, Willkie spoke out for controversial Roosevelt initiatives such as Lend-Lease, and campaigned against isolationism. In 1941, Willkie joined with Eleanor Roosevelt to found Freedom House. On July 23, 1941, he urged unlimited aid to Britain. As Roosevelt's personal representative, he traveled to Britain and the Middle East in late 1941, and to the Soviet Union and China in 1942.

In 1943, Willkie published One World, a book for popular audiences in which he recounted his world travels on the Gulliver and urged that America accept some form of "world government" after the war. One World was a best-seller that marked his transformation into a major spokesman for internationalism and made him a controversial figure within the Roosevelt administration and among his Republican colleagues, but it helped move public opinion from isolationism to internationalism. Its publication also extended Willkie's contacts with the world of literary critics and film executives.[17]"

I think anyone can see that Willkie was a saboteur sent in by dems to take votes away from any real conservative candidate, wich he did. Then, after he "lost" the election he comes out as a freaking globalist and wants Americans to submit to a world government.

As to a wall between Canada and the US, there are ...

2015-08-31T18:43:15.803-05:00

As to a wall between Canada and the US, there are miles of open border with no surveillance whereby terrorists could transport things from Canada into the US. The same for our border with Mexico. I suspect terrorists have likely already availed themselves of the porous US borders to bring in all sorts of mass murder devices.

Until Eisenhower in 1952, Willkie received the mos...

2015-08-31T17:02:02.083-05:00

Until Eisenhower in 1952, Willkie received the most votes of any GOP presidential candidate.

His gravesite is in East Hill Cemetery in Rushville right off US52.

After his nomination, about 200,000 people turned out for his speech on 8.17.40 in Elwood.

An excellent account of the Willkie phenomenon, as well as the New Deal itself, is found in "The Forgotten Man" by Amity Shlaes.

Does anyone really believe that Trump will continu...

2015-08-31T08:57:21.545-05:00

Does anyone really believe that Trump will continue with his campaign? I can't imagine he would ever release his tax forms.

Wilkie's grandson was Lugar's campaign man...

2015-08-31T06:34:24.135-05:00

Wilkie's grandson was Lugar's campaign manager.

Trump is the perfect candidate for the McMega-Medi...

2015-08-30T12:54:57.624-05:00

Trump is the perfect candidate for the McMega-Media, loud, aggressive, rich and famous and of course big ratings. Trump is like one those phony reality shows. Trump is very definitely via the Media controlling dialog and the other Republican Candidates. The Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker said on Sunday that building a wall on the US northern border with Canada was “a legitimate issue for us to look at”.

Chris Christie said on Saturday that if elected president, he would use a FedEx-like system to make sure visitors who enter the United States legally on visas depart the country when their time is up. He maintains that 40% of illegal immigrants with visas overstay their visits.

I suppose now it will be a verbal fight among Republicans as to who can build the highest wall.

LOl so a dem gets stepped on by dems higher up and...

2015-08-30T11:02:11.536-05:00

LOl so a dem gets stepped on by dems higher up and switches teams. Still a dem but with an r behind his name. I wonder if this will be how Trump as potus plays out, a dem in rino clothing.