Hello and welcome to Whistlestop a podcast of campaign curiosities. I'm John Dickerson of

Face the Nation. A businessman wins his party's nomination by surprise, running on a platform that promises to sweep out the corruption, protect America,

and limit overseas engagement.

He promises that because he is not part of the political machine, he can't be bought

when he enters the White House.

What year is it?

2016?

No, you wouldn't expect that from a tease

with all this theatricality, would you?

No, we're talking about 1940, and the candidate is Wendell Wilkie, Indiana businessman,

newcomer to the GOP and political neophyte.

I'm in business and proud of it, the 48-year-old Wilkie told a crowd.

Nobody can make me soft pedal any fact in my business career.

After all, business is our way of life, our achievement, our glory.

It was the only other time in American history that a major political party gave its

shimmering hat of leadership to someone whose chief qualification was having been a man of the corner office, a C and the CEO, and more than an

average size cheese.

President's administration has spent $60 billion. The new deal stands for doing what has to be done by spending as much money

as possible.

I propose to do it by spending as little as money as possible.

This is one issue in this campaign that I intend to make crystal clear

before the conclusion of the campaign so that everybody in this country may understand

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