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To: MoneyPenny who wrote (89831)	11/6/2008 3:27:18 PM
From: Elroy Jetson	Read Replies (1) of 116555

This would not be the first time a Republican Presidential candidate might not have wanted to win. In 1936, Alf Landon sought the Republican presidential nominee opposing the re-election of FDR. Landon won the nomination on the first ballot; the convention selected Chicago newspaper publisher (and FDR's future Secretary of Navy) Frank Knox as his running mate. Landon proved to be an ineffective campaigner who rarely traveled. Most of the attacks on FDR and social security were developed by Republican campaigners rather than Landon himself. In the two months after his nomination he made no campaign appearances. Columnist Westbrook Pegler lampooned: "Considerable mystery surrounds the disappearance of Alfred M. Landon of Topeka, Kansas.... The Missing Persons Bureau has sent out an alarm bulletin bearing Mr. Landon's photograph and other particulars, and anyone having information of his whereabouts is asked to communicate direct with the Republican National Committee." [Time, Aug. 31, 1936] The Roosevelt victory with Republicans winning only Maine and Vermont prompted Democratic party boss James Farley to joke, "As Maine goes, so goes Vermont." en.wikipedia.org .

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