nester-san
February 22, 2006, 09:43 PM
TEDDY ROOSEVELT - Bulletproof Bad-***!
Talk about bad luck... Teddy Roosevelt's wife died in the midst of childbirth on February 14, 1884. Later that very same day, in the very same house, his beloved mother passed away.
Roosevelt was probably the first President to turn anti-racist beliefs into action. During his first term, he appointed many blacks to office in the South, as suggested by famed educator Booker T. Washington. Unfortunately, southern political and media leaders mocked what they called Roosevelt Republicanism, destroying any chance of creating a viable, multi-racial GOP in the South.
Roosevelt's terms as President boast perhaps the most impressive list of acheivements of any President. He dug the Panama Canal. He was an environmentalist and conservationist who set aside huge tracts of land for public use and wildlife preserves. He pushed the Hepburn Act through, which had far-reaching effects on everything from the quality of meat to the curbing of railroad monopolies. Needless to say, most other Republicans hated his stinkin' guts.
Made of sterner stuff than most, Roosevelt was shot in the chest in 1912 while en route to give a speech in Milwaukee. Unfazed, he went ahead and gave his speech, which lasted a full hour. Only then would he allow his staff to bring him to hospital.
99% of historians agree, Teddy Roosevelt was the last "good" Republican President.
Talk about bad luck... Teddy Roosevelt's wife died in the midst of childbirth on February 14, 1884. Later that very same day, in the very same house, his beloved mother passed away.
Roosevelt was probably the first President to turn anti-racist beliefs into action. During his first term, he appointed many blacks to office in the South, as suggested by famed educator Booker T. Washington. Unfortunately, southern political and media leaders mocked what they called Roosevelt Republicanism, destroying any chance of creating a viable, multi-racial GOP in the South.
Roosevelt's terms as President boast perhaps the most impressive list of acheivements of any President. He dug the Panama Canal. He was an environmentalist and conservationist who set aside huge tracts of land for public use and wildlife preserves. He pushed the Hepburn Act through, which had far-reaching effects on everything from the quality of meat to the curbing of railroad monopolies. Needless to say, most other Republicans hated his stinkin' guts.
Made of sterner stuff than most, Roosevelt was shot in the chest in 1912 while en route to give a speech in Milwaukee. Unfazed, he went ahead and gave his speech, which lasted a full hour. Only then would he allow his staff to bring him to hospital.
99% of historians agree, Teddy Roosevelt was the last "good" Republican President.