Most political secrets are eventually revealed. Unfortunately it often happens years after the events actually happened. One example was an extra-marital affair in which 1940 Republican presidential nominee, Wendell Wilkie, was engaged in. Few knew about this affair until about 40 years later when secret recordings were made available of President Franklin D. Roosevelt chuckling over this situation with cronies in the White House. Oh, and those FDR White House recordings, another political secret, were themselves not revealed until decades after they were made. Unfortunately your humble correspondent doesn’t have the patience (or maybe even the lifespan) to wait for those revelations. I want to find out about those many secrets before I depart this world. Call it part historical curiosity and the rest just flat out interest in juicy gossip but I have a list of political secrets that I need to see revealed. Here is a partial list of political secret revelations that I hope can become available before bucket-kicking time: