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In reply to the discussion: I Woke Up This Morning And This Is The First Thing That Pops Up On FB... [View all]summer_in_TX
(3,173 posts)47. The Republican Party that elected Teddy Roosevelt president
was progressive overall. The party of Lincoln was the one the newly freed black slaves flocked to.
After Teddy's terms as President the Republican party didn't nominate him again, which is when he tried the third party route. He was McKinley's VP and became president when McKinley was assassinated.
Dems were conservative, especially in the South, until LBJ turned out to not be the conservative he'd played in the Senate once he got power to act.
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I Woke Up This Morning And This Is The First Thing That Pops Up On FB... [View all]
JimGinPA
Jan 2021
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'Gonna need to see that quite a while before the images of "you know who" on his last flight
hlthe2b
Jan 2021
#4
What about Eisenhower? Also, Teddy Roosevelt was not a conservative, he was a progressive.
Celerity
Jan 2021
#19
OK, I cannot resist. One of the best quotes ever, courtesy of Teddy Roosevelt:
PatrickforO
Jan 2021
#44
Did he get Pete Souza, Obama's photographer, back? That's an excellent photo.
yankeepants
Jan 2021
#14