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Tue Jun-07-05 12:02 PM
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America NEEDS The Next Teddy Roosevelt. Discuss. |
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Tue Jun-07-05 12:04 PM
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1. Last Republican worth half a turd. |
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But even he realized they were scumbags and left the party.
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Tue Jun-07-05 12:07 PM
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2. Regardless of his party affiliation, he was a PROGRESSIVE. |
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Tue Jun-07-05 12:07 PM
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I see him as the last true conservative.
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Tue Jun-07-05 12:07 PM
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5. That's why he left the Republican party and founded the Progressive Party. |
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Tue Jun-07-05 01:23 PM
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Tue Jun-07-05 05:00 PM
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Second-to-last Republican worth half a turd.
We could use an Eisenhower these days, too. Shame that Clark isn't filling that role.
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Tue Jun-07-05 12:07 PM
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3. Too much of a war monger |
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We have too many domestic problems that need fixing. TR was way too concerned about his own place in history.
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Tue Jun-07-05 12:08 PM
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6. He was a big time imperialist... |
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...so I guess his spirit is partly here, already.
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Tue Jun-07-05 12:21 PM
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7. Imperialist, racist, conservationist, anti-corporatist |
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Odd man, full of contradictions. He would support conservation on the one hand, yet make exceptions for his own family. He would save a baby bear cub, but slaughter hundreds of animals on safari in Africa. He was the first president to dine in the White House with a black man, yet he discharged an entire troop of black soldiers on charges he knew were lies.
His anti-corporate stance was undermined by his imperialist attempts to control the world's economies.
There's a reason conservatives and liberals both find things to like about him--he flip-flopped on every issue, thus appealing to both.
I wonder if the next Teddy Roosevelt is Colin Powell.
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Tue Jun-07-05 12:22 PM
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8. Personally, I think America needs the next Thomas Jefferson. |
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An enlightened leader who will pull us out of this dumbing-down we've suffered through for the last 30 years.
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Tue Jun-07-05 12:24 PM
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9. I think we've probably already got a Nelson Mandela... |
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but I doubt we'll ever let him out of prison...and no one will ever get to see his words in a newspaper.
And no...I don't know who he is...I just suspect that he is out there somewhere.
Happy thoughts.
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Tue Jun-07-05 12:24 PM
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Thomas Jefferson would be gooooooood. Despite his own contradictions, the philosophy is sound. He was a man before his time -- actually, a timeless man.
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Tue Jun-07-05 01:15 PM
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11. My main desire for another TR is the strength and forward |
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movement he desired. Plus, despite his priviledged background, he was a REAL FUCKING MAN. Whether male or female, the Progressive movement needs some more cojones. Period.
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Tue Jun-07-05 01:25 PM
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13. He was a fucking imperialist with foreign policy |
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While I agree with his trust-busting stance on domestic policy, Teddy should be absolutely condemned with foreign policy.
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