So then would you find Teddy Roosevelt's actions in standing his own political ground when Taft had placed the Republican Party on what proved to be a suicidal course to be better, or less so than pragmetism and a vote for the lesser of two weasels?Before you go off on the road to Armageddon, read the fine print. Try it here (Progressive Party platform of 1912)
Btw, you confused 1912 with 1916. Also, as you seem not to like those who advocate "constitutional comprimise and unconstititional *shortcuts*" , do pay attention to the above link. Perhaps you didn't notice: Roosevelt held the Constitution in contempt.
No I didn't. It was in 1912 that Roosevelt split from Taft and the Republicans, and vice-versa, and accepted the nomination of *Fighting Bob* LaFollette's *Bull Moose* progressive Party, quite popular and successful once T.R.'s charisma and experience was added. The aftermath of 1916, not too surprisingly, came afterward, but the genesis was in Teddy's 1912 walkout, after which, of course, there was an attempt on his life by a *lone, crazed gunman...*
Perhaps you didn't notice; Roosevelt held the Constitution in contempt.
Perhaps, but likely no more so than many or most of our Supreme Court Justices, and likely not to a greater extent than our present chief executive, who, like T.R. appears to be distancing himself from the conservatives in his own party.
Why spoil the beauty of a thing with legalities? --attributed to T.R., via John Milius