tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35998080.post5514907336087582497..comments2023-07-14T06:48:20.774-05:00Comments on The Right Guy: My Love Affair With Teddy RooseveltThe Right Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02000916651068780486noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35998080.post-49476324396941196932009-09-04T19:44:42.001-05:002009-09-04T19:44:42.001-05:00Teddy would have despised dear leader, but he stil...Teddy would have despised dear leader, but he still laid the groundwork. He was the first president with a "deal". The Square Deal. I would hope that if he saw where we went he would reconsider...As far as benefitting the whole, that is a greater good construct which usually leads to a utilitarian socialist nightmare. Obama is what they call a Fabian Socialist. Look it up, When you read it, you'll be like, oh yeah...<br /><br />I will say the one thing that progressives don't like about TR is that he was not afraid to use force. If there is one thing about the elitist socialist movement is that they are a bunch of pussies that would rather be on their knees and/or be lunch than fight. TR would NOT have any use for them at all. <br /><br />Thanks for stopping by LL.The Right Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02000916651068780486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35998080.post-68657724865629010442009-09-04T08:51:03.091-05:002009-09-04T08:51:03.091-05:00TR would recoil violently if he saw the situation ...TR would recoil violently if he saw the situation today. In fact, he would likely walk into the white house and thrash Dear Leader within an inch of his life.<br /><br />TR wanted to reduce the suffering of the poor, and as you quite correctly pointed out, the nations evolved middle class simply wasn't present in TR's era. <br /><br />Teddy Roosevelt is still a hero of mine. His goals were directed to benefit the whole, not to destroy the whole for a utopian socialist power elite.LLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05538854359365988863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35998080.post-43325912957886266932009-08-29T16:42:21.601-05:002009-08-29T16:42:21.601-05:00You make a great point chuck. I still say there we...You make a great point chuck. I still say there were forces driving him in that direction. Still, his 5th cousin was much to blame for the progressive crap we have today. Teddy was a brilliant man, probably one of the best to ever be in the white house and he had moral character that was nearly beyond reproach. I wish we had such men today. Thanks chuck.The Right Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02000916651068780486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35998080.post-53681197662950960382009-08-29T15:54:42.553-05:002009-08-29T15:54:42.553-05:00It's shortsighted to fault TR for being a self...It's shortsighted to fault TR for being a self described progressive. No one could have known the results of his wrong ideas back then because they hadn't been tried yet, Unlike the maggot Brakabama, he had no desire to enslave people. He simply wanted government to make people's lives better. I give him a pass on that front. All in all, he was a great American and a hell of a role model. Were he around today, you can bet your ass he would eschew the mantle of "progressive" precisely because of what the term has come to mean.<br /><br />That,s my take anyway.<br /><br />Best,<br />ChuckAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35998080.post-43850200217044196102009-08-22T20:13:46.204-05:002009-08-22T20:13:46.204-05:00I actually have a book he wrote: Ranch Life and th...I actually have a book he wrote: Ranch Life and the Hunting-Trail, which is over 100 years old. It's a good read. My mother collected books and bought it for me.The Right Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02000916651068780486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35998080.post-10644759796423424812009-08-22T19:03:59.275-05:002009-08-22T19:03:59.275-05:00Seeing that you had a post up about TR made me cur...Seeing that you had a post up about TR made me curious.<br /><br /><i>Would the Right Guy mention that TR was a progressive?,</i> I thought.<br /><br />It seems that you are well read in your history, as you point this out.<br /><br />I still admire the man as you, google some pictures of his hunting adventures when you get a chance!Left Coast Rebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09292257205859285528noreply@blogger.com