The election of this freak in 1912 was pretty much the end of America as a free republic.
Goodbye liberty; hello income tax and war.
Why Liberals Kill
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-10-17/why-liberals-kill/full/
...their heroesfrom FDR to JFKpromoted U.S. involvement in more wars than all modern GOP presidents combined.