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Friday, February 29. 2008

Teddy on Liberty

Theodore Roosevelt speaking from his porch at Sagamore Hill, 1916. The man could talk...and talk and talk. People who travelled and camped with him said he would never shut up, but he was a great storyteller.

In fact, in 1912 he was shot in the chest by an assassin in Milwaukee - but insisted on finishing his speech before going to the hospital. (His eyeglass case probably saved his life.)

The guy needed no teleprompter.

Posted by Bird Dog in History at 11:36 | Comments (6) | Trackbacks (0)

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Interesting, and a bit scary, how relevant what he says is to this coming election, isn't it?
#1 rightwingprof (Link) on 2008-02-29 14:14 (Reply)
Not much has changed.
#2 NJSoldier on 2008-02-29 17:01 (Reply)
question, was he shot ''by an assassin'' or by a ''failed assassin''?
#3 buddy larsen on 2008-03-01 00:23 (Reply)
I dunno buddy--it kinda depends on how much target (moving) practice s/he had before taking one off at TR!

Why don't we have guys like this around the place anymore?
#4 apple pie on 2008-03-01 11:00 (Reply)
best short answer i can come up with: because we don't celebrate the type as we used to.

now, the ''why'' of THAT, ya got me.

maybe the world wars? in that they are blamed in some precincts upon excess testosterone --

How those precincts ever got to be taken seriously, tho, is yet another question. I blame Gutenburg (Gutenberg?).
#4.1 buddy larsen on 2008-03-01 13:41 (Reply)
Nice wiki on the Battle of San Juan Hill:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_San_Juan_Hill
#5 buddy larsen on 2008-03-01 13:47 (Reply)

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