Word: deweyitis
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...reasons for refusing to get excited. Few voters believed that there would be any contest on Election Day. Two out of three, according to a Gallup poll last week, thought New York's Governor Thomas E. Dewey could not possibly be beaten. Moreover, the electioneering had not developed into the kind of nerve-jangling jihad to which the country had grown accustomed since...
There would be last-minute appeals and a low blow or two, just before the bell. (This week Truman hinted that Dewey is a "front man" for fascism, and likened him to Hitler.) In an effort to inject some commotion, both parties revived the old-time torchlight procession. Harry Truman began the week with a monster rally in Chicago, where Boss Jake Arvey's minions kindled enough flame and fireworks to burn down the whole town. Tom Dewey, after another dash through the Midwest, would conclude his campaign at a Madison Square Garden rally which would be heralded...
Both Seavey and Leach emphasized Dewey's administrative efficiency. Seavey also stressed the Republican's support from "the middle class, the brains and the power" of the country and predicted that only he could "unite the country to the sacrifices needed to meet the threat of Communism." Leach pointed to Dewey's ability "to work with a team," and suggested America "work for more and better Marshall plans and greater military might...
...folks whistle, others will bow their heads as a tribute to the man who was once among us but who is all too absent in this election year. For if the name of John P. Wintergreen (formerly "for President") were on next Tuesday's ballot with Mr. Truman, Mr. Dewey and Mr. Wallace, the American political scene would come alive, and it would once more seem that "posterity is just around the corner...
...this afternoon when you cheer the blend of fife and tuba that is "Wintergreen," look for a moment at the man with the Dewey button and the tear in his eye and the man with the Truman button and the tear in his eye. These men understand. They know whose absence it is that makes the heart grow heavier this autumn. And not all the brass in Bubduk can blow loud enough to make up the loss of John P. Wintergreen...