This morning as I prepared for the day and reflected on the speeches of my party’s president and vice-presidential nominees, I wondered if ever before the running mate had been more charismatic than the man at the top of the ticket.
All of a sudden, I remembered what I read about the election of 1900 when Republican WIlliam McKinley, running for reelection, needed a new running mate, Vice President Garrett Hobart having died in office. The Ohio Republican tapped Theodore Roosevelt, elected Governor of New York just two years previously.
The brash New Yorker was far more outgoing and energetic than the staid McKinley. Rather than travel the country and speak in front of large crowds, delivering a populist message, he, in his 1896 pioneered the “front porch” campaign where supporters and press came to his home in Canton, Ohio to hear him.
While I would hardly call John McCain staid, he does not show the same vigor on the stump as does Roosevelt, one of his political heroes. In his address last night, he referred to ours as the party of Roosevelt.
Sarah Palin has a lot in common with the 1900 GOP Vice Presidential nominee. She’s two years older than her forebear was at the time of her nomination. She loves the outdoors and hunts.
No wonder John McCain picked Sarah Palin. She reminded him of one of his great political heroes.
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Once again, you nailed it dead on accurate……someone should give your blog entry tot he McCain/Palin Campaign to remind them that Teddy Roosevelt had 2 years as Governor and became VP and let’s remember that FDR had 4 years as Governor…
I might also add that Rush Limbaugh got it right…..McCain got the first important and most important decision of his candidancy dead on accurate!
I often wished that Palin was at the top of the ticket…but one day she will be elected President in her own right just as Teddy Roosevelt did.
#3 – I second that emotion!
Regards,
Peter H.
What is so fantastic is how the Obama campaign has taken to making this a race between Sen. Obama and Gov. Palin. When you have to work so hard to convince people that your #1 is more qualified than the other side’s #2, can you really say that’s a good place to be? And Obama now lacks the freshness he had six months ago, whereas Palin is fresh and exciting and, unlike Obama, down-to-Earth. She’s Obama without Jeremiah Wright, William Ayers, and Tony Rezko. (Of course, there are a lot of other differences, but I think people know what I mean.)
Some Republicans worry that she’ll overshadow McCain. Big deal! People know the way to get more Sarah Palin in their lives is to vote for McCain. McCain is still the one with the long, impressive record and a heroic history; that won’t be lost on people even if they prefer her political positions to his. McCain is the one with the experience to lead right now, and she is the one who can keep him connected to conservatives, talk for the administration, and eventually take over once McCain is done, whether he runs for a second term or not.
Uhm, I believe I made this comparison first! But I didn’t continue with it, so I guess it’s yours for the taking.
Sarah Palin fact:
Teddy Roosevelt and Margaret Thatcher had a child.
He grew up to be a lean, mean mo-fo.
Sarah Palin whooped his @ss.
wow you’re mixed up. She’d also tell you you’re a sinner and that there’s no place in heaven for you. But go on, keep supporting her because after all, lower taxes and sending our soliders off to die in a useless war are far more important than equality.
#8 – Speaking of mixed-up….
Nah, too easy.
Regards,
Peter H.
PUMAs to Obama: “Hey, Precious, Fight your own damn battles!”. Obama… is not Teddy Roosevelt.
More on Obama’s Wuss Factor.
A better blogger than I responds:
Well, if you mean that Sarah Palin’s ideas for our government are over 100 years out of date, then you’re right. Her belief that just about everything is solely God’s will is pretty frightening, considering she wants to be elected in a democracy.
Funny, Kevin, you don’t seem to have any problem with Obama blabbering about how he’s doing “the Lord’s work” and endorsing and supporting the people you call “theocrats”.
Probably because you’re a bigot and a hypocrite.
Funny, Kevin, you don’t seem to have any problem with Obama blabbering about how he’s doing “the Lord’s work”.
And oddly enough, you fully support and endorse Obama even as he is endorsing and supporting the people you call “theocrats”.
And oddly enough, you fully support and endorse Obama even as he endorses and supports what you Democrats call “theocrats”.
#12: Kevin, have you ever opened a history book in your entire life? How can you claim something is 100 years out of date if you aren’t even aware of this country’s history prior to the Reagan years? You can’t possibly know how ignorant you sound when you make assertions suggesting that deeply-held religious beliefs are incompatible with public office. You have no right to expect anyone to treat you with respect or to believe that you are entitled to any sort of equality based upon your sexuality as long as you continue to demonize religious people so cavalierly.
Kevin made the best case for Palin.. If her views of govt are 100 years out of date.. that is so much more closer to proper Constitutional guidelines than the near-socialism we have today.
No doubt. I’ll take 100 years out of date over 35 years out of date anytime. I’m just barely old enough to remember sweltering in the back of my Mom’s Honda with no A/C, waiting in one of four lines, 6-7 cars long, to get a tank of gas. I distinctly remember my Mother explaining to me the rule about which days you were allowed to buy gas, depending on whether the last number on your license plate was odd or even. At the time, it just sounded like a part of everyday life. Now I find even the possibility of it repugnant and totally unacceptable. At this age, if the same thing were to happen, I would regard it as our nation being on the brink of total collapse. Yet the policies that led us there in the 70s are exactly the policies being endorsed by Obama today as the key to our nation’s prosperity. And ignorant dolts like Kevin and chris lap it up because it’s packaged as “hope” and “change.”
I totally agree with you Sean. I was born in 74.. i really dont remember anything about the 70s. but when i see or read about it. i always wonder how the people must have felt living through that. it was such a contrast from the confident patriot 80s that I grew up in.
My concern about Obama isnt’ about high taxes but that he and the Dems in Congress plan on totally subverting the Constitution and go full-steam socialist.
Obama is a Marxist.. there can be no doubt about that. His entire Presidential campaign is a fraud, in the strongest meaning of the word.
For William Ayers to choose Obama to co-lead a multi-million dollar organization devoted to shaping education policy in Chicago so that their values (William Ayers) are taught to kids has to require that Obama and Ayers are in agreement on what those values are.
If one hasn’t done a good job at finding out about Ayers life then they may not think this association is so dangerous. But I watched a self-titled documentary on “The Weather Underground” that was filmed in the early 2000s (or late 1990s .. cant remmeber) You can find this film for free at Google Video. If you haven’t watched it.. you really have to.
The Ayers of today is just as commited now as he was back then to revolutionary transformation of American society and goernment to a “humane system”
No Lib can tell me that Ayers is going to pick Obama to distrubute millions of dollars of Ayers insitution if Ayers thought it wasn’t working toward his goals.
Glenn beck / CNN did an awesome show on the dangers if Obama wins
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd-JeeNcTig
I urge everyone to watch the Weather Underground documentary… you must understand what Ayers tried to do in the 70s.. and then watch the Glenn Beck / CNN video to see how that matters today
Obama’s ideas are a mix of the New Deal (80 years ago) and The Great Society (40 years ago). But let’s talk specifics. The biggest issue in the country is the economy, and the biggest issue in the economy is energy.
Palin-McCain wants us to expand domestic energy production. That means thousands of new private sector jobs to build production facilities, pipelines, power plants, and related infrastructure. Barack Obama opposes expanded domestic energy production. His “conservation only” approach will not make jobs, it will eliminate them.
Palin-McCain wants to cut taxes on America’s investor class and lower America’s Highest in the Industrialized World corporate tax… the tax that is driving so many jobs overseas. Their policies create more money for investment, which creates more jobs. Obama wants to raise taxes on investors and corporations, which will further destroy jobs. And he wants to do this not to raise revenue for the government, which he admits it won’t, but to satisfy his Marxist idea of “fairness.”
That’s the difference in philosophy between an executive and a “community organizer.”
Vince – Jerome Corsi, yuck!!… but hey, at least Beck had Goldberg and Freddoso.
Corsi was on for only the first segment.
It’s too bad that people who have great information in some areas alllowed themselves to be tainted by stupidity in other areas
corporate welfare is the issue.
#21: “corporate welfare is the issue.”
Only if you’re a person who doesn’t understand what a “corporation” is or what “welfare” is. Liberals LOVE welfare programs as long as they can be sure that the recipient will always be dependent, will never create or do anything to match the cost of the “welfare” provided, and is free to produce lots more recipients, each entitled to their own “welfare.” In michael’s world, if a corporation only pays 35% in taxes, it’s corporate welfare and must be stopped before something crazy happens like jobs being created or wealth being generated. Better to raise that level to 50% or 60% to ensure that the recipient goes away forever, produces nothing and can offer no opportunities to any of those pesky individuals who need jobs. It’s just the usual idiocy.
I wonder if the million dollar earmark Obama scored for his wife’s hospital counts as corporate welfare? I wonder how many of the other $740 million in earmarks Obama has scored could be considered corporate welfare?
#23: Well, let’s see. The recipients of earmarked money will always have their hand out for more. Check. The recipient (a hospital) will not produce anything of value in my community (even though it was paid with my tax dollars). Check. And I guess we’ll have to see how many prestigious boards and foundations Michelle will be invited to join if her husband becomes the President that will likely receive similar earmarks. Tick, Tock…
Great post. I’ve been thinking about this similarity ever since I heard the announcement about Palin, but I didn’t remember how long TR had served in office and was too lazy to look it up. Thanks for pointing out so many points of comparison!
i know teddy rooosevelt and sarah palin is no teddy roosevelt. the boy is spinning in his grave with that comparison.
when Sarah Palin admits and paraphrases Colonel Roosevelt, “I can be President of the United States, or I can control Bristol. I cannot possibly do both.”, then I shall give her my vote.
Can I fart in your nose and call it even?
no chance brownshirt.
Thank YOU! A republican relative has informed me of this new talking point (non-issue) that Teddy Roosevelt was only governor for two years before becoming president. A lot of folksy folks will hear this, and repeat it. However, many won’t take the time to really compare Palin, Roosevelt, Biden, McCain, and Obama. Here are some fun facts:
Teddy Roosevelt also:
• was a soldier in the army
• was a conservationist, calling for conservation of natural resources. He also played a large role in the slow, but eventual Wilderness Act of 1964,because of his preservation of many federally designated Wilderness Areas, many of which are still protected till this day under the Wilderness Act. He was also close friends with John Muir, the founder of the Sierra Club.
• the first president to call for a universal health care system. Something that MCCain is against
• a self-proclaimed Progressive, something that Obama is as well
• Harvard student, something Obama is also.
• Went to law school. So did Obama. In fact, Obama was the president of the Harvard Law Review.
If someone really wants to compare Teddy Roosevelt to the Candidates, they’ll loose with McCain. Palin is a JOKE.
To Chris (#8): I think what Sarah would tell you is that, yes, you are a sinner, but so is she. And that there is plenty of room in heaven for you. But she would also tell you that your homosexuality is not simply an acceptable alternative lifestyle. First of all, it is destructive to you. If you don’t see that now, you will eventually. It is also destructive to society. No nation has survived after accepting homosexuality as simply a different way to live. Not one in all of history.What makes people think we will be any different?
So is it genetic and you have not choice. Any behavior can be linked to some genetic predisposition. So if someone is naturally violent, does it make is less wrong for them to engage in violent acts? No. We all have some struggle. But we must overcome it, and homosexuality is no different. The lie is that we have no choice.
Well, then, what allows us entry into heaven if we are all sinners? Nothing we can do will make us perfect. God is perfect an perfection cannot accept imperfection. We need a way to become clean and pure. Separated from our sin and imperfection. There is a price to be paid. That price was paid for you and for me.
It is not hate to tell people they are wrong. It is hate to leave them to their own destruction. That is why I am posting this.
Just in case this comes up again in 2012, it should be understood that Sarah Palin is nothing like Theodore Roosevelt. His childhood in New York City, combined with a year-long Grand Tour of Europe at age 10, a trip down the Nile at age 14, and several months spent in Germany following the trip to Egypt, gave him a very broad view of the world.
He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard and attended Columbia Law School. Within two years of his Harvard graduation he became the youngest man ever elected to the New York State Assembly (New York State had a population of over 5 million at that time compared with Alaska’s current population of well under 1 million) and published his first book, The Naval War of 1812. That would be the first of more than 35 books that he wrote during his lifetime.
Before being chosen as the vice-presidential nominee he had also been a very active President of the Board of Police Commissioners in New York City (Google “midnight rambles”), held two Federal level positions as U.S. Civil Service Commissioner and Assistant Secretary of the Navy, fought in a war and been Governor of New York State. His political career between his first term as an Assemblyman and his election as the Vice-President, spanned twenty years.
Theodore Roosevelt had a fine mind, enjoyed poetry as much as hunting, was a voracious reader and was open to new ideas (even those that imposed a financial burden on business owners). He also got along well with people from all walks of life, including elitist city folk like himself.
Sarah Palin has a lot of catching up to do.