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Tue Mar 27, 2007 at 23:42:35 PM EDT
Franklin Roosevelt gave him the nickname that stuck with him all his life in a 1924 nomination speech that essentially put the two of them on a collision course that would end their friendship. FDR had survived the polio that would leave him disabled for life, but many in the party wondered if he had the stamina to run for office again. Roosevelt proved his mettle with a rousing speech when he called his friend and New York Governor Alfred E. Smith the "Happy Warrior," quoting Wordsworth:
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