Country Clubs Quotes



Ickes was a patrician Republican who was an extremely effective politician and administrator. FDR had invited Ickes to join the New Deal Cabinet. He accepted and was the New Deal’s best and most enthusiastic salesman other than President Roosevelt himself. He also campaigned vigorously for FDR. In this case Wendell Willkie, another patrician Republican, a businessman with almost no political experience sought and won the Republican nomination. Ickes defined and framed Willkie immediately with his own classic sarcastic wit.