Attention Voters: Who Am I?

From the GREAT NoQuarter:
Who Am I?
* I am under 45 years old,
* I love the outdoors,
* I hunt,
* I am a Republican reformer,
* I have taken on the Republican Party establishment,
* I have many children,
* I have a spot on the national ticket as vice president with less than two years in the governor’s office.

Teddy Roosevelt

In 1901, as Vice President, the 42-year-old Roosevelt succeeded President William McKinley after McKinley’s assassination by anarchist Leon Czolgosz.

He is the youngest person to become President. He was a Progressive reformer who sought to move the dominant Republican Party into the Progressive camp. He distrusted wealthy businessmen and dissolved forty monopolistic corporations as a “trust buster”.

He was clear, however, to show he did not disagree with trusts and capitalism in principle but was only against corrupt, illegal practices. His “Square Deal” promised a fair shake for both the average citizen (through regulation of railroad rates and pure food and drugs) and the TRbusinessmen. He was the first U.S. president to call for universal health care and national health insurance.[5][6]

As an outdoorsman, he promoted the conservation movement, emphasizing efficient use of natural resources. After 1906 he attacked big business and suggested the courts were biased against labor unions. In 1910, he broke with his friend and anointed successor William Howard Taft, but lost the Republican nomination to Taft and ran in the 1912 election on his own one-time Bull Moose ticket. He beat Taft in the popular vote and pulled so many Progressives out of the Republican Party that Democrat Woodrow Wilson won in 1912, and the conservative faction took control of the Republican Party for the next two decades. From Wikipedia

from the Hampster Cage at Partizane.com

And for good measure -- look who's COMPLIMENTING McCAIN!


If You're On An Aggregator, CLICK HERE to View This Video!

Comments

Anonymous said…
I tried posting a comment yesterday but Haloscan must of been not working.

Anyhow this is a great article. Looks like Clinton will be voting McCain and I have a feeling Hillary will too!

Popular posts from this blog

A Day to Bare Our Souls - and Find Ourselves

'Fat People Aren't Unstable' -- For This We Needed a Study?

Miriam's Cup