Talk:Thomas E. Dewey

Comments on 1948 campaign need cleaned up. DKK

• Shouldn't it be under cleanup template or expansion. I'm not sure why the PoV check template is on here. Falphin 28 June 2005 22:09 (UTC)
• I concur with Falphin. I also do not understand why the POV tag is here. Perhaps the user who believes the article is POV could provide further information? Jacob1207 29 June 2005 16:15 (UTC)

The claim that his 1948 campaign was all empty phrases simply strikes me as peculiar. It seems to lack neutrality. If I had the time to fix it with a little research, I would. If you want to change or remove the template, feel free. The article simply struck me as biased. DKK

Actually, Dewey's campaign was widely seen as a bit vacuous. He would state such platitudes as "The future lies ahead of us" and something like "I'm working for a peaceful world." The Republicans admitted that their strategy was to not get into any controversial issues, since they felt they had the election sewn up. BMD

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Wasn't Dewey Catholic? I think that deserves a mention.

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Why does the sentence about the Thruway specifically mention that Italian-Americans were against naming the Thruway after Dewey?

• I think the idea is because of his prosecution of members of organized crime, and organized crime was firmly founded in the italian american community (not that all italians were criminals or that other ethnicities weren't, but the entire mafia structure was setup and run by italians, and there is a glass ceiling for people who aren't full blooded italians.) So I'm guessing a certain number of italian americans either held generally favorable opinions of the people he prosecuted, or they took it as an attack on the entire italian american community.Doregasm 18:41, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

I think that Thomas Dewey was Anglican/Episcopalian, but I'm not sure. FDR April 18 2005 11:04 PM (UTC)

Dewey Button

Why is the Dewey Button not at all addressed here?