Good thing Grover Norquist wasn't around.Both Franklin Roosevelt and Wendell Willkie Wendell Lewis Willkie (born Lewis Wendell Willkie) (February 18, 1892 – October 8, 1944) was a lawyer in the United States and the Republican nominee for the 1940 presidential election, despite having never held a prior elected political office. supported a military draft, which passed Congress less than two months before the 1940 election. Politicians are ordinarily or·di·nar·i·ly adv. 1. As a general rule; usually: ordinarily home by six. 2. In the commonplace or usual manner: ordinarily dressed pedestrians on the street. risk-averse Risk-averse Describes an investor who, when faced with two investments with the same expected return but different risks, prefers the one with the lower risk. at such a time. But Roosevelt and Willkie had the courage to advocate a draft, even though it was the first in our history to be enacted when the nation was not at war. Even their great leadership would not have been effective, however, if the American people An American people may be:
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