BARBARA'S TCHATZKAHS

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 dru...

Now that the primaries are going on - there's some shakeout and hard choices. I feel like I really need to take a good look at who's left... again. I will be the first person to applaud someone who has learned from their mistakes and changed. 4 years ago I spent about 3 months going to everyone in my circle, including family, and admitting something immoral I had allowed myself to be drawn into. I took along hard proofs, including some things from the police. I let everyone read them, told them I was partly to blame and out of everyone - only ONE person stopped speaking to me. (No great loss there anyway.) For the most part everyone has been very supportive. Since then I have spent a lot of time helping vulnerable victims of emotional & psychological abuse. At this moment I am going through some more training to be able to be more effective. I don't make a big deal about it - this is just what I have decided to do. I know what its like to be so vulnerable you m...