America NEEDS The Next Teddy Roosevelt. Discuss.

[chicagojoe]

[OrlandoGator]

1. Last Republican worth half a turd.

But even he realized they were scumbags and left the party.

[chicagojoe]

2. Regardless of his party affiliation, he was a PROGRESSIVE.

[Arianrhod]

4. I disagree.

I see him as the last true conservative.

[OrlandoGator]

5. That's why he left the Republican party and founded the Progressive Party.

No arguments here.

[Raiden]

12. Eisenhower??

???

[OrlandoGator]

14. Good call.

Second-to-last Republican worth half a turd.

We could use an Eisenhower these days, too. Shame that Clark isn't filling that role.

[Sandpiper]

3. Too much of a war monger

We have too many domestic problems that need fixing. TR was way too concerned about his own place in history.

[Crankie Avalon]

6. He was a big time imperialist...

...so I guess his spirit is partly here, already.

[jobycom]

7. Imperialist, racist, conservationist, anti-corporatist

Odd man, full of contradictions. He would support conservation on the one hand, yet make exceptions for his own family. He would save a baby bear cub, but slaughter hundreds of animals on safari in Africa. He was the first president to dine in the White House with a black man, yet he discharged an entire troop of black soldiers on charges he knew were lies.

His anti-corporate stance was undermined by his imperialist attempts to control the world's economies.

There's a reason conservatives and liberals both find things to like about him--he flip-flopped on every issue, thus appealing to both.

I wonder if the next Teddy Roosevelt is Colin Powell.

[OrlandoGator]

8. Personally, I think America needs the next Thomas Jefferson.

An enlightened leader who will pull us out of this dumbing-down we've suffered through for the last 30 years.

[Protagoras]

9. I think we've probably already got a Nelson Mandela...

but I doubt we'll ever let him out of prison...and no one will ever get to see his words in a newspaper.

And no...I don't know who he is...I just suspect that he is out there somewhere.

Happy thoughts.

[Cats Against Frist]

10. Oh hell yeah

Thomas Jefferson would be gooooooood. Despite his own contradictions, the philosophy is sound. He was a man before his time -- actually, a timeless man.

[chicagojoe]

11. My main desire for another TR is the strength and forward

movement he desired. Plus, despite his priviledged background, he was a REAL FUCKING MAN. Whether male or female, the Progressive movement needs some more cojones. Period.

[Selatius]

13. He was a fucking imperialist with foreign policy

While I agree with his trust-busting stance on domestic policy, Teddy should be absolutely condemned with foreign policy.