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tartan2

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1. Teddy Roosevelt is one of my heroes and this country owes him a huge debt!

Reply to Triana (Original post)

Mon Jul 29, 2013, 02:34 PM

Jul 2013

If it wasn't for Teddy Roosevelt we would have condos in the "Grand Canyon"!!
Congress would not let Teddy Roosevelt put the Grand Canyon in the National Parks Service! So a pist off President Roosevelt declared the Grand Canyon a national monument so that it would be protected under the antiquities act.

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Theodore Roosevelt on the 1% in his State of the Union before he quit the Republican Party. [View all] Triana Jul 2013 OP

Teddy Roosevelt is one of my heroes and this country owes him a huge debt! tartan2 Jul 2013 #1

he only quit the Republican Party in 1912 hfojvt Jul 2013 #2

Wasn't he only nominated once? He succeeded the assassinated McKinley. Zen Democrat Jul 2013 #7

but he was President for 3.5 years of McKinley's term hfojvt Jul 2013 #11

Wish we had more like him FreakinDJ Jul 2013 #3

It should be noted, just for accuracy sake, that he did return to the GOP WI_DEM Jul 2013 #4

And here, from the Progressive Party plartform he ran on in 1912: Faryn Balyncd Jul 2013 #5

Meh. Javaman Jul 2013 #6

Curiously entertaining... Blue_Tires Jul 2013 #10

He does primarily podcasting. Javaman Jul 2013 #13

But he also said too much wealth is dangerous so he was for the estate tax. ErikJ Jul 2013 #8

Well, tbf that was also during an era when we actually BUSTED monopolies... Blue_Tires Jul 2013 #9

^ Wilms Jul 2013 #12