Here are three hours of great documentary on the life of Teddy Roosevelt:
And there’s so many things to say about this impressive man and his work, that it’s really hard to know where to start.. But to stick to just one side of his achievements and efforts, that of within politics, he kind of reinvented the whole US Presidency and laid the framework and set the example for a full American Century – later followed up by FDR and LBJ.
Other interesting sides of TR were the naturlist, the writer, the trust-buster, the cowboy, the adventurer, the historian and the safari hunter.
And he built the Panama Canal.
And he’s the founder of the Progressive movement – a useful blueprint for fixing America in the 2010′s.
And the list goes on…
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Teddy Roosevelt was The Man.
Posted by BelRedRoad | January 3, 2012, 8:20 amYes he was!
Posted by mac | January 3, 2012, 11:13 amIn some ways, I think he may cause us to have unrealistic expectations of the office of President though.
It was a fluke in a way his becoming Presidents. I think Republican King makers of his time expected to keep him out of the way as McKinley’s VP, and then an assasination changed the game.
Posted by brucetheeconomist | February 19, 2012, 12:37 amYep, a tiny miscalculation there – wiping him “off stage” into the VP spot.
And how about that denouncing of a third term he did? He called it the biggest mistake of his presidency I think.
And another energetic progressive conservative president could be a great thing – even though they probably are far apart, maybe once a century!
Posted by mac | February 19, 2012, 10:36 amI’ll have to check this one out!
Posted by TBM | February 20, 2012, 4:41 amYou should! It’s great stuff – and there’s quite a lot footage of TR, even back from the early 1900s.
Enjoy!!
Posted by mac | February 20, 2012, 10:49 am