(December 15, 2020 at 1:39 am)Rev. Rye Wrote:(December 15, 2020 at 1:16 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: IIRC the GOP platform for the 1940 election mentioned "defense" eleven times. This despite FDR's strong defense attitude. Back then they knew what the country needed.
Or to put it more accurately, they gave a shit about what the country wanted.
Both Wendell Willkie and FDR supported a strong US military, and the public supported them.