Word: deweyism
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...Dewey and Earl Warren pitched their speeches in organ tones. They were calm, forgiving and even humble. They both quietly stated one main issue: it was time for a new broom. There were other minor issues. But this was the big one. After 16 years of one party, it was time to clean house...
...have their uses was the fact that few candidates had ever dared to ignore them. As long as one party was on the stump, the opposition could not afford to be silent. Even Franklin Roosevelt, confident as ever in 1944, became so alarmed by the possible inroads of the Dewey attack, and the whispers about his health, that he hustled out of Washington for his famed 51-mile ride through New York City in a drenching October rain...
...Those close to him already predict that the first item on the agenda of his administration will be a strong act of leadership, probably in the sphere of foreign affairs. This will be aimed to answer the most pressing current political question: Who is to be master in Washington, Dewey or the Old Guard...
...before the convention was over, the Reds showed at least one sign of growing weakness. Though they rammed through resolutions opposing the election of either Harry Truman or Tom Dewey, they stopped short of a formal pledge to Henry Wallace. Explained President Albert Fitzgerald frankly: "No presidential candidate we could endorse here today could have any other effect than to split the organization wide open...
...survey, Editor & Publisher found 69% of U.S. dailies supporting Tom Dewey (8% more than in 1944), 16% for Harry Truman, 4% for Dixiecrat Candidate James Strom Thurmond, .28% for Henry Wallace, 11% undecided. Said one Texas editor who was supporting nobody: "We're Pixiecrats: down on Dewey, tired of Truman, weary of Wallace, doubtful of Dixiecrats...