Marisan 0 #1 September 3, 2010 A 100 years ago and he was a Republican! http://www.theodore-roosevelt.com/images/research/speeches/trnationalismspeech.pdf Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
futuredivot 0 #2 September 3, 2010 QuoteA 100 years ago and he was a Republican! http://www.theodore-roosevelt.com/images/research/speeches/trnationalismspeech.pdfYou are only as strong as the prey you devour Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billvon 3,120 #3 September 3, 2010 >Why Are There Not People Of This Calibre Today There are - but it is against the interest of both sides to let someone like that exist without trying to destroy him. If he were a Democrat today: FOX News would crucify him for his "Square Deal." Standing with the workers against the coal and rail industries? Socialist! His conservation initiatives? Clueless bleeding-heart treehugger! Consumer protections? Why not just FORCE companies to shut down? How stupid can he be? Glen Beck would cry on the air over how much he stole from US taxpayer's wallets to pour into other countries. Ann Coulter would write a book called "Bully Bullshit - the Lies and Deceptions of the Great Progressive Loser." Bill O'Reilly would claim he was not really a US citizen since his birth certificate was handwritten. If he were a Republican today: Rachel Maddow would call him a murderer and warmonger for his actions during the Spanish American war, and accuse him of war crimes. Alan Colmes would go on and on about how he "stole the presidency" since he wasn't elected for his first term. Bloggers would attack him for being warlike, for saying that he "should welcome almost any war, for I think this country needs one." So yes, there are people of his caliber today - but there is really no place for them in the political climate we have created. Such a person would not be electable, much less effective. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skyrad 0 #4 September 3, 2010 Well said. Makes you wonder how Obama would be viewed today if he'd been the potus 200 years ago.When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lucky... 0 #5 September 3, 2010 QuoteA 100 years ago and he was a Republican! http://www.theodore-roosevelt.com/images/research/speeches/trnationalismspeech.pdf You must remember that the R's and D's switched sides in the 1920's. The D's were so attrocious in the early and mid 1800's that as Lincoln won in 1860 only 1 D won until Wilson in 1912; 44 of the next 52 years were held by R's. The R's were the progressives then and then all of teh sudden in the 1920's they took a shit. Harding Coolidge, and Hoover really fucked things up and went from helping the little guy, the consumer as with Teddy to siding with the corporation. Since then it's been corporate-loving garbage except Eisenhower and GHWB from the R's. Look at Reagan, he was the revisiting of the Harding/Coolidge duo. Really you must blame the voter, he/she puts this garbage in place and keeps them there. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lucky... 0 #6 September 3, 2010 QuoteWell said. Makes you wonder how Obama would be viewed today if he'd been the potus 200 years ago. 200 years ago, even if he were white, he would be a Dem or a Whig, so he wouldn't fit in. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawrocket 3 #7 September 3, 2010 [Url]it is against the interest of both sides to let someone like that exist without trying to destroy him[/url] He was nominated as Vice President because it was the best way they knew to make him useless and lessen the threat of harm he ciuld cause. The decision was rued when the President was surprisingly capped and Teddy ascended. Teddy was feared by his own party more than he was feared by the opposing party. Picture mixing Biden and Quayle, adding a dash of Al Gore and topping off with a Cheney temper. My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
winsor 236 #8 September 3, 2010 QuoteWell said. Makes you wonder how Obama would be viewed today if he'd been the potus 200 years ago. Being sold into the Presidency. Interesting concept. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #9 September 3, 2010 Quote A 100 years ago and he was a Republican! http://www.theodore-roosevelt.com/images/research/speeches/trnationalismspeech.pdf He was a Republican, back when that actually meant something other than the rePUBIClowns who have usurped the party today. That said... its the fact that the calibre he really loved, .405 calibre is hard to find Quote Introduced in 1904, the .405 Win. cartridge was the most powerful round ever developed for a Winchester lever-action rifle. Roosevelt had to have not one, not two, but three 1895s in .405, and it proved very effective on almost every sort of game in Africa. The big 300 gr. bullet was a hard hitter with an initial muzzle velocity of more than 2230 fps. In perhaps the best presidential endorsement of any product ever, Roosevelt wrote in Scribners Magazine "The Winchester .405 is, at least for me personally the medicine gun for lions!' He created a sensation for the gun that lasts, to this day. The .405 was discontinued in 1932. However rifles chambered in "Teddy's" caliber continue to bring a high premium over examples that are chambered in a round still readily available. In 2000, Winchester announced the re-introduction of the Browning 1895 in .405 caliber, demonstrating that the spirit of "Big Medicine" is stilt alive and well. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #10 September 3, 2010 Quote Quote Well said. Makes you wonder how Obama would be viewed today if he'd been the potus 200 years ago. Being sold into the Presidency. Interesting concept. That brings back a scene from Blazing Saddles... [Grizzly old-timer on roof]: "The president's a..." [clash of cymbals] "What did he say?" "I think he said 'the president's a'near'". "No, gol-darnit. I said the president's a..." [clash of cymbals]"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 2 #11 September 3, 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2fRSQ4L-SI Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #12 September 4, 2010 Quote Quote A 100 years ago and he was a Republican! http://www.theodore-roosevelt.com/images/research/speeches/trnationalismspeech.pdf He was a Republican, back when that actually meant something other than the rePUBIClowns who have usurped the party today. That said... its the fact that the calibre he really loved, .405 calibre is hard to find Quote Introduced in 1904, the .405 Win. cartridge was the most powerful round ever developed for a Winchester lever-action rifle. Roosevelt had to have not one, not two, but three 1895s in .405, and it proved very effective on almost every sort of game in Africa. The big 300 gr. bullet was a hard hitter with an initial muzzle velocity of more than 2230 fps. In perhaps the best presidential endorsement of any product ever, Roosevelt wrote in Scribners Magazine "The Winchester .405 is, at least for me personally the medicine gun for lions!' He created a sensation for the gun that lasts, to this day. The .405 was discontinued in 1932. However rifles chambered in "Teddy's" caliber continue to bring a high premium over examples that are chambered in a round still readily available. In 2000, Winchester announced the re-introduction of the Browning 1895 in .405 caliber, demonstrating that the spirit of "Big Medicine" is stilt alive and well. As I recall, Teddy hunted every big game animal on the North American continent with that rifle and decided to go hunting in Africa with it. He killed an elephant and rhino and no telling what else. He was a devoted fan and shooter of Winchester rifles. He also took 500-gal. of Coors Beer with him to Africa. Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Amazon 7 #13 September 7, 2010 Yup.... I used to have one of those rifles that I got from my grandfather... I sold it when someone just had to have it REEEEEEEAAAAAAL bad. ( I made out like a bandit on that one) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
masterrig 1 #14 September 7, 2010 Quote Yup.... I used to have one of those rifles that I got from my grandfather... I sold it when someone just had to have it REEEEEEEAAAAAAL bad. ( I made out like a bandit on that one) Old Winchesters gor for ultra premium prices at auctions. I hope, you did really good on that sale. At least, enough to live happily in retirement. I'd love to get my hands on an old 1876 model but money is and object. Chuck Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 2 #15 September 7, 2010 Teddy R. was actually a big sissy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 226 #16 September 7, 2010 QuoteTeddy R. was actually a big sissy. You knew him, did you?I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 2 #17 September 7, 2010 QuoteQuoteTeddy R. was actually a big sissy. You knew him, did you? I knew Jack Kennedy. Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. You're no Jack Kennedy. http://www.randomhouse.com/boldtype/0501/vidal/essay_us.html Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 226 #18 September 7, 2010 QuoteQuoteQuoteTeddy R. was actually a big sissy. You knew him, did you? I knew Jack Kennedy. Jack Kennedy was a friend of mine. You're no Jack Kennedy. http://www.randomhouse.com/boldtype/0501/vidal/essay_us.html And here you would never compliment me before - I'm all teary eyedI'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
