Though he found willkie too liberal for his personal tastes , howard felt " anyone to get rid of roosevelt " .
尽管霍华德个人认为威尔基的主张有些太过自由,但他觉得“只要有人替下罗斯福就行。”
As huntsman 's would-be campaign manager john weaver tells me , " this is the weakest republican field since wendell willkie won the nomination on the sixth ballot in 1940 . "
In 1940 time editors winced as he turned the magazine into a campaign puff for wendell willkie , and in 1948 time was " as wrong as everyone else " in its confidence that thomas dewey would beat harry truman , whom luce called " a vulgar little babbitt " .
The 1940 presidential election campaign was under way , and he had collected dozens of different badges for the republican candidates wendell willkie and charles mcnary , which he wore on his shirt .