As we enter into the quadrennial campaign for the White House, it is informative to look back at one of Franklin Roosevelt’s most memorable campaign moments. There were many, as he was a ferocious campaigner who loved being on the hustings, but one of the most effective concerned his dog.
In the summer of 1944 President Roosevelt was nominated by the Democrats to run for an historic fourth term. After nearly 12 years in office Roosevelt was visibly aging, and his health was becoming a major concern. Republican operatives spread rumors that the President was desperately ill and keeping it a secret from the American public. Roosevelt was not in good health and in a photograph of the President accepting the nomination he looked ill and exhausted.
