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Resonate with anybody? (Vanity - off to bed for early getup to Mass in morning, so just check out the article. TR was a tough old bird.)
1 posted on 11/06/2016 2:58:27 AM PST by Montana_Sam
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To: Montana_Sam

Excellent posting


2 posted on 11/06/2016 3:04:38 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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Reagan was the same way. He just got shot and was joking on the operating table asking if the Doctor was a Republican. And Hillary goes into a profanity laced screeching rant if a secret service guy even says “Good morning” to her.


3 posted on 11/06/2016 3:05:06 AM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (Hillary Clinton IS a felon.)
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To: Montana_Sam
Shot in the chest, but the bullet failed to penetrate his lungs thanks to a steel eyeglass case (below) and the help of a heavy overcoat and thick folded speech in his pocket.


4 posted on 11/06/2016 3:12:09 AM PST by drpix
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To: Montana_Sam

Donald Trump is, like Teddy Roosevelt, fit as a Bull Moose.


5 posted on 11/06/2016 3:17:53 AM PST by Redmen4ever
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Mr Roosevelt was the driving force behind the progressives, kinda the beginings of the big gubmint era we now enjoy. I am not a fan of him, or any other progressive.


6 posted on 11/06/2016 3:27:10 AM PST by exnavy
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To: Montana_Sam

Remember the okeefe tapes.

Last night’s event was likely staged.

Up to and including the guy who yelled—he’s got a gun!

Can anyone find any background on who was arrested and released for the incident?

http://www.inquisitr.com/3683235/donald-trump-assassination-attempt-trump-rushed-off-stage-in-reno-as-man-with-gun-tries-to-rush-stage-breaking/

http://wtvr.com/2016/11/05/donald-trump-rushed-off-stage-reno-nevada-rally/


9 posted on 11/06/2016 3:48:45 AM PST by ckilmer (q e)
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To: Montana_Sam

Remember the okeefe tapes.

Last night’s event was likely staged.

Up to and including the guy who yelled—he’s got a gun!

Can anyone find any background on who was arrested and released for the incident?

http://www.inquisitr.com/3683235/donald-trump-assassination-attempt-trump-rushed-off-stage-in-reno-as-man-with-gun-tries-to-rush-stage-breaking/

http://wtvr.com/2016/11/05/donald-trump-rushed-off-stage-reno-nevada-rally/


10 posted on 11/06/2016 3:54:30 AM PST by ckilmer (q e)
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To: Montana_Sam

Youtube has a recording of TR speaking. Great speaking voice.


11 posted on 11/06/2016 4:49:17 AM PST by ops33
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To: Montana_Sam

Teddy was a tough SOB.


12 posted on 11/06/2016 4:55:26 AM PST by mad_as_he$$ ( "Hokahey, today is a good day to die!" Crazy Horse prior to the Battle of Little Big Horn)
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To: Montana_Sam

Two important notes:

Realizing that he was not dangerously wounded, TR was utterly thrilled and enthusiastic about giving his speech, knowing that it would rivet the audience like nothing else. Such an event might be the deciding factor in getting elected.

Second, at the time, the works of the German philosopher Frederick Nietzsche (1844-1900) had not been either translated or published in the US. TR was multilingual, and though he could not speak German well, he could read and understand it at an advanced level.

As did the famous American author H.L. Mencken, a man who did not care for TR, yet was very familiar with the writings of Nietzsche, among many other things.

So when TR gave a speech, H.L. Mencken recognized that TR was plagiarizing Nietzsche at length.

At the time, it would have been dangerous to openly criticize TR, so instead this popular and widely sold author created a “vanity press”, intended to be given, not sold, to friends of his. It was simply organized.

On one page was text from a speech by TR, and on the opposite page, Mencken-translated text from Nietzsche, showing the nearly identical comparison of the two.

So why does this matter?

It is frequently noted that both TR and Woodrow Wilson were “progressives”. But what is seldom noted is that while Wilson was of a variety of “socialist progressive”, TR’s leanings were to those of a “national socialist progressive”.

Both craved the concentration of power at the federal level. However, while Wilson embraced such flawed ideas as internationalism, the creation of his “League of Nations”, which in its way was even worse than the United Nations; TR embraced enlarging and expanding the national power of the United States, perhaps correctly seeing the other world powers as devoted nationalists themselves, who would become dominant unless the United States became dominant.

It is a good idea to read Nietzsche, to learn what all of the fuss is about.


13 posted on 11/06/2016 5:40:01 AM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy (Friday, January 20, 2017. Reparations end.)
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