Absolutely Affirmative.
Right down to being a Big Game hunter.
Walk softly and Carry a BIG Stick.
I bet Dick Cheny is is love.
Teddy Roosevelt's first elected office was gov of NY from Jan 1, 1899 until Dec 31, 1900, after which he became Vice President.
I hope not.
Absolutely Affirmative.
Right down to being a Big Game hunter.
Walk softly and Carry a BIG Stick.
I bet Dick Cheny is is love.
Roosevelt also bucked his party and the established order in general.
The parallels are pretty amazing.
I’d call her a Teddy without San Juan.
McCain’s vp decision was his most brilliant move yet.
A “Mrs. Smith goes to Washington”, or “Davy Crockett” type story.
Math, that is exactly how I felt as I watched the Announcement Event.
I’m “channeling” Teddy right now about Sarah and he simply says, “Bully!”
Nah. She’s our Thatcher.
My recollection is that the NY Republican Party then in those days was crooked, and they wanted to bump him up to VP to get rid of him. So yes, I see the comparison.
I hope not. Teddy is over-rated. I’ll skip the details and cut to the chase. He was a media creation. The media of the time (if you can believe it) were as biased Republican (and I don’t mean conservative) as it is biased Democratic today. He increased the size and scope of the Federal government without benefit of constitutional amendment. And so on. He’s popular all right, because he was a populist, not a conservative. Flame on.
He was elected to a term in the New York Assembly before that.
And for God's sake don't try and make Palin into a Teddy Roosevelt! The media will eat her alive if you do.
“Teddy Roosevelt’s first elected office was gov of NY”
This isn’t true. He was in the Assembly at I think age 26 and fought corruption with then Governor Grover Cleveland. He also served as commissioner of police, but I can’t remember if that was elective or appointive.
I hope so, Theo is my favorite past President.... BULLY!
Yes, she is.
Some of the comparisons to TR are apt. But it should be remembered that NY State Republicans basically put TR on McKinley’s ticket to get rid of him. Palin seems to be something of an icon in Alaska.
I’m glad I’m not the only one who noticed this. If I’m not mistaken, TR was also a journalist, which is how he entered the muckraking biz. I think Sara Palin looks like the reincarnation of TR in a real “Boys from Brazil” kind of way.
GT
Just in case this comes up again in 2012, it should be understood that Sarah Palin is nothing like Theodore Roosevelt. His childhood in New York City, combined with a year-long Grand Tour of Europe at age 10, a trip down the Nile at age 14, and several months spent in Germany following the trip to Egypt, gave him a very broad view of the world.
He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard and attended Columbia Law School. Within two years of his Harvard graduation he became the youngest man ever elected to the New York State Assembly (New York State had a population of over 5 million at that time compared with Alaska’s current population of well under 1 million) and published his first book, The Naval War of 1812. That would be the first of more than 35 books that he wrote during his lifetime.
Before being chosen as the vice-presidential nominee he had also been a very active President of the Board of Police Commissioners in New York City (Google “midnight rambles”), held two Federal level positions as U.S. Civil Service Commissioner and Assistant Secretary of the Navy, fought in a war and been Governor of New York State. His political career between his first term as an Assemblyman and his election as the Vice-President, spanned twenty years.
Theodore Roosevelt had a fine mind, enjoyed poetry as much as hunting, was a voracious reader and was open to new ideas (even those that imposed a financial burden on business owners). He also got along well with people from all walks of life, including elitist city folk like himself.
Sarah Palin has a lot of catching up to do.