Hidden in the books written about the behind the scenes details of past presidential contests, The 1940 campaign between Republican Wendell Willkie vs. Democrat FDR, seeking a third presidential term, was no exception.
Sarah Palin's desperate, repeated attempts to tar Obama with Bill Ayers "terrorist" persona of 35 years ago, persuade me that it is only fair to dredge up some history of Palin's party's shocking past..
From the details of the following history, the Obama campaign should understand that the republicans will stop at nothing, no strategy is too unsavory if they think it will help win the election.
The historical record in newspaper reporting and in books recounting the politics of the time, clearly support the idea that 1940 Republican party presidential candidate Wendell Willkie made the fully informed decision to accept a large sum of money to fund his campaign, knowing the money came from the German Reich via it's agent in America, William Rhodes Davis.
Read the rest, complete with links to supporting citations:
In my;
http://www.ireport.com/...
Read my earlier diary piece documenting this long suppressed corruption:
http://www.dailykos.com/...
Republicans and other conservatives are politically oriented so far to the right, they draw the democrats to the right of center with all of the relentless gravity of a dark star!