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To: jveritas; Spiff; B4Ranch; JesseJane; Lazmataz
Here are a couple quotes from another Republican President, jveritas; since you like to lecture conservative Republicans on what conservative republicanism is all about:

"There can be no 50/50 Americanism in this country. There is room here for only 100 percent Americanism, only for those who are Americans and nothing else."
~Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) Speech, July 19, 1918

"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."~ Teddy Roosevelt (1918)

534 posted on 04/27/2005 8:35:01 AM PDT by FBD ( "A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves." ~Bertrand de Jouvenel)
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To: FBD

Excellent post.. Absolutely right. Thanks for posting FBD!


535 posted on 04/27/2005 8:37:51 AM PDT by JesseJane (Senate Republicans = Fainting Goats.... BOO! ~Close your wallet~)
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To: FBD

i already posted that ... it's a great quote.. here's more of it:

"The President is merely the most important among a large number of public servants. He should be supported or opposed exactly to the degree which is warranted by his good conduct or bad conduct, his efficiency or inefficiency in rendering loyal, able, and disinterested service to the Nation as a whole. Therefore it is absolutely necessary that there should be full liberty to tell the truth about his acts, and this means that it is exactly necessary to blame him when he does wrong as to praise him when he does right. Any other attitude in an American citizen is both base and servile. To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. Nothing but the truth should be spoken about him or any one else. But it is even more important to tell the truth, pleasant or unpleasant, about him than about any one else."

"Teddy Roosevelt in the Kansas City Star", 149 May 7, 1918


536 posted on 04/27/2005 8:45:36 AM PDT by sdpatriot (remember waco and ruby ridge)
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