http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/tr/ en-us Sun, 5 Oct 2008 13:50:14 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2097926/posts WASHINGTON -- John McCain, like many Americans who should know better, extravagantly praises Theodore Roosevelt. He is a kindred spirit of the impulsive Rough Rider, but the visceral McCain is rescued from some of TR's excesses by not having TR's overflowing cupboard of ideas. In "Theodore Roosevelt: Preacher of Righteousness" (Yale University Press), Joshua David Hawley, 28, a former clerk for Chief Justice John Roberts, demonstrates that TR, far from being, in Henry Adams' acerbic description, "pure act," was a man of many complex ideas. Some were admirable; many were repellant. He was an individualist who considered the individualism of... realclearpolitics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2097926/posts#comment Sun, 5 Oct 2008 13:50:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085169/posts How qualified for the vice presidency of the United States could a Republican be who: Is young - under 45 years old? Speaks in favor of economic development of Alaska? Advocates and engages in exercise for personal fitness? Has lived in the wilds of the American Northwest? Fishes, hunts, and loves the great outdoors? Has a reputation, not as an environmentalist, but as a conservationist? Has at least five children? Is a moralist for whom every issue is a struggle between good and evil? Is a reformer who has taken on the GOP's "good old boy network"? Believes corporations should... redstate.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085169/posts#comment Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:10:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2079535/posts A week ago I saw this Letter to the Editor in the Wall Street Journal Daniel Younger Itasca, Texas Under 45, lover of the outdoors, a Republican reformer who has taken on the Republican Party establishment, has many children, and a spot on the national ticket as vice president with less than two years in the governor's office -- you describe Teddy Roosevelt in 1900 and Sarah Palin in 2008. And it inspired me to post this thread: Original Thread HereWho Am I? I am under 45 years old, I love the outdoors, I hunt, I am a Republican reformer,... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2079535/posts#comment Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:38:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2070891/posts Theodore Roosevelt was elected Vice President of the United States (with McKinley as President) on November 6, 1900. Prior to becoming VP, Roosevelt had served in a few municipal offices in NYC and as a U.S. Civil Service Commissioner in Washington, D.C. (The latter was not an elected office.) He then served as Police Commissioner of NYC. In 1987-88, he served briefly as an Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Roosevelt became Governor of NY on December 31, 1898. He was elected Vice President of the United States less than two years later (on November 6, 1900). On September 6, 1901,... Theodore Roosevelt.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2070891/posts#comment Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:26:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2067355/posts Our Troops Rock!  Thank you for all you do!   For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces.   Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today!     ~ Hall of Heroes ~ Theodore RooseveltAll info and photos from this website.             On July 1, 1898, exposed as the only man on horseback, a target above the rest of the troops on foot, Colonel Theodore Roosevelt found his "crowded hour" as he led charges at Kettle Hill and San Juan Heights during... Linked in Thread http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2067355/posts#comment Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051574/posts Old Right War Lessons by Donald Devine Issue 112 - July 23, 2008 “Every man holds his property subject to the general right of the community to regulate its use to whatever degree the public welfare may require it.”“America was created to break every kind of monopoly and to set men free upon a footing of equality.” Are these anti-property and pro-equality quotes from Marx or Lenin? In fact, they are from two U.S. presidents, the first from Theodore Roosevelt and the second by Woodrow Wilson, the fathers of American progressivism, the radical doctrine that explicitly broke with the philosophy... American Conservative Union Foundation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051574/posts#comment Sat, 26 Jul 2008 04:24:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046908/posts McCain’s Cult of Teddy RooseveltThe Sage of Sagamore Hill was not a conservative. By Michael Knox Beran Asked recently by the New York Times to name a conservative model, John McCain cited Theodore Roosevelt. Teddy, of course, had no shortage of virtues. Conservatism, alas, wasn’t one of them. It’s one thing for a conservative to admire T. R.’s style and gallantry, the charge up San Juan Hill, the rounding up of crooks in the Badlands. It’s something else for a conservative to identify Roosevelt as a fellow reformer, as Sen. McCain did in the Times interview. Far from allaying conservative... NRO http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046908/posts#comment Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:32:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044612/posts McCain’s Conservative Model? Roosevelt (Theodore) By ADAM NAGOURNEY and MICHAEL COOPER HUDSON, Wis. — Senator John McCain in a wide-ranging interview called for a government that is frugal but more active than many conservatives might prefer. He said government should play an important role in areas like addressing climate change, regulating campaign finance and taking care of “those in America who cannot take care of themselves.” “I count myself as a conservative Republican, yet I view it to a large degree in the Theodore Roosevelt mold,” Mr. McCain said, referring to Roosevelt’s reputation for reform, environmentalism and tough foreign policy.... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044612/posts#comment Sun, 13 Jul 2008 00:46:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044562/posts HUDSON, Wis. — Senator John McCain in a wide-ranging interview called for a government that is frugal but more active than many conservatives might prefer. He said government should play an important role in areas like addressing climate change, regulating campaign finance and taking care of “those in America who cannot take care of themselves.” “I count myself as a conservative Republican, yet I view it to a large degree in the Theodore Roosevelt mold,” Mr. McCain said, referring to Roosevelt’s reputation for reform, environmentalism and tough foreign policy. NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044562/posts#comment Sat, 12 Jul 2008 21:54:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044515/posts HUDSON, Wis. — Senator John McCain in a wide-ranging interview called for a government that is frugal but more active than many conservatives might prefer. He said government should play an important role in areas like addressing climate change, regulating campaign finance and taking care of “those in America who cannot take care of themselves.” “I count myself as a conservative Republican, yet I view it to a large degree in the Theodore Roosevelt mold,” Mr. McCain said, referring to Roosevelt’s reputation for reform, environmentalism and tough foreign policy. The views expressed by Mr. McCain in the 45-minute interview here... NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2044515/posts#comment Sat, 12 Jul 2008 19:24:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999374/posts A little lesson on the history of the Olympic torch relay: You might think, as I did before Tuesday, that it was a representation of everything that is good in all of us. That its history was lush with goodwill. Maybe you thought the relay dated back to the ancient Greeks, that it was a dramatic tribute to mythology. Prometheus stealing the fire from Zeus. Those of us who watched, as the torch was carried across the Cascades and into a high-school stadium in Wenatchee on the Fourth of July in 1984, felt inspired. Wasn't that what this relay was... The Seattle Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999374/posts#comment Thu, 10 Apr 2008 05:48:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1995518/posts Clinton Testimony on FBI Files Blocked Apr 2 11:20 AM US/Eastern WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge has rejected an effort to force Hillary Rodham Clinton to testify in a decade-old lawsuit over White House acquisition of FBI background files. The court ruling spares Clinton a politically sensitive deposition at a time when she is fighting to overtake Barack Obama in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. The lawsuit is over the Clinton White House's acquisition of hundreds of FBI files on Republican appointees to White House jobs in previous administrations. The conservative group Judicial Watch accused the former... Brietbart http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1995518/posts#comment Wed, 2 Apr 2008 15:47:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992602/posts A year ago, Barack Obama addressed a group in Selma, AL commemorating the 1965 voting rights march. He credited the event with giving his parents the idea that they could have a child. The result was him--Barack Obama, Child of Destiny. The only problem is he was born in 1961. "What happened in Selma, Alabama and Birmingham also stirred the conscience of the nation...This young man named Barack Obama...came over to this country. He met this woman...(who) had a good idea there was some craziness going on because they looked at each other and they decided...it might...be possible for us... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992602/posts#comment Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:36:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1984293/posts According to Scuttlebutt the legendary One Arm Paper Hanger has retired. "Busy as a Politician in a Brothel" expression will assume the Paper Hanger's previous duties http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1984293/posts#comment Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:01:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1980201/posts The rumors about Florida Gov. Charlie Crist and the Green Iguana just wouldn't go away. The story goes that the Florida governor frequented the Green Iguana, a bar in Tampa, back in the early 1990s when he was just starting his political career. He was less careful back then, people say, and during his partying at the Green Iguana, he was openly gay. When I got Rick Calderoni, the bar's well-known owner, on the phone, I expected him to stonewall me about it. He didn't. Calderoni, who is gay, confirmed that Crist came into his bar quite often and that... Broward-Palm Beach New Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1980201/posts#comment Tue, 4 Mar 2008 15:41:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1979110/posts most everyone is familiar with the concept that all the people in the world are only six degrees of seperation apart. If a person in a leadership position finds crooks and criminals within those degrees of seperation, it may warrant further examination. But what if a presidential contender is only two degrees of seperation away from one of the most notorious heads of state in modern times? This is the case with Barack Obama. If you follow the money, you will find only two degrees of seperation between Obama and Hussein -- Saddam Hussein. Bill Gertz of the Washington Times... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1979110/posts#comment Sun, 2 Mar 2008 10:03:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1978771/posts New NPR ombudsman Alicia Shepard took up a flurry of complaints when veteran news anchor Jean Cochran told listeners President Bush was traveling to Africa, the "dark continent." They insisted NPR was sounding racist: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1978771/posts#comment Sat, 1 Mar 2008 15:10:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1977605/posts (CHICAGO)(February 8, 2007) Chicago-based Internet journalist, broadcaster and critic Andy Martin will hold a news conference Friday, February 9th at 11:00 A.M. to announce that U. S. Senator Barack Obama is a citizen of Kenya and became a citizen of Kenya under the Independence Constitution of Kenya in 1963. Obama has never renounced his Kenyan citizenship. He is also a U. S. Citizen. “For our ‘Obama Week’ leading up to Barry O’s announcement on Saturday that he feels qualified to lead the free world, ContrarianCommentary.com unleashed a worldwide team of constitutional law experts to delve into Kenyan law and the... politicalgateway http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1977605/posts#comment Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:58:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1977579/posts It may be just a wee bit early to say that Hillary Clinton has blown her chance at the Democratic presidential nomination, but it’s not too late to address the exploding amazement of the political pundit class over the ineptness of her campaign. Rarely has a storyline been, in such equal parts, so dominant and fun to read. How did the Clinton people manage to run such an embarrassingly bad campaign? Inquiring minds want to know. But it’s really not that hard to figure out. In truth, they had nothing to work with – a problem that was only exacerbated... North Star Writers Group http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1977579/posts#comment Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:11:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1976520/posts (2006 photo of Sen. Barack Obama in traditional Somali garb is at the center of a new political controversy.) The Democratic White House race detoured into name-calling and accusations of "fear-mongering" Monday as Hillary Clinton scrambled to save her teetering campaign from annihilation. The increasingly bitter duel for the nomination in advance of tonight's final debate went nuclear over a picture of Barack Obama dressed in traditional African garments making the rounds on the Internet. Obama's team accused a "shameful" Camp Clinton of circulating the photo of Obama dressed as a Somali elder, taken during a visit to Africa... New York Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1976520/posts#comment Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:47:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1975653/posts One wonders how the United States has come to the brink of nominating and probably electing someone with almost no experience as either an executive or national legislator, replete with ratings and rankings that suggest he will be about the most liberal Presidential candidate since George McGovern --snip--Instead, we are disliked by everyone, and for good reasons. The fact that Iranian mullahs, the House of Saud cousins, Hugo Chavez’s communists, European mullahs, and the Arab street don’t approve of America says more about us than it does them. The solution is to follow more the dictates of European Union and... Pajamas Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1975653/posts#comment Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:33:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1973437/posts Is “coalition politics” at work in Obama’s rise to power? In his biography of Barack Obama, David Mendell writes about Obama's life as a "secret smoker" and how he "went to great lengths to conceal the habit." But what about Obama's secret political life? It turns out that Obama's childhood mentor, Frank Marshall Davis, was a communist. In his books, Obama admits attending "socialist conferences" and coming into contact with Marxist literature. But he ridicules the charge of being a "hard-core academic Marxist," which was made by his colorful and outspoken 2004 U.S. Senate opponent, Republican Alan Keyes. However, through... Accuracy in the Media http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1973437/posts#comment Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:15:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1972856/posts Spread Of 1918 Flu Pandemic ExplainedThis transmission electron micrograph of an ultra-thin specimen revealed some of the ultra-structural morphologic features seen in 1918 influenza virus virions. The prominent surface projections on the virions are composed of either the hemagglutinin, or neuraminidase type of glycoproteins. (Credit: Cynthia Goldsmith) ScienceDaily (Feb. 19, 2008) — MIT researchers have explained why two mutations in the H1N1 avian flu virus were critical for viral transmission in humans during the 1918 pandemic outbreak that killed at least 50 million people. The team showed that the 1918 influenza strain developed two mutations in a surface molecule called... Science Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1972856/posts#comment Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:17:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1964590/posts It's not that we expect politicians to have squeaky-clean donor lists. You try running for office without, at one point or another, taking money from someone you probably shouldn't. Even Barack Obama, Mr. Clean, has Tony Rezko. But the Frank Giustra-Kazakhstan-Uranium affair, blown open by The New York Times last week, serves as a reminder that the relationship between the Clintons and money has not always been lily-white. Here, a guide to the unsavory characters who have been associated with Bill and Hillary Clinton. THE DONOR Norman Hsu, Hong Kong "apparel executive." THE GREEN Hsu bundled more than $850,000 for... The New Republic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1964590/posts#comment Mon, 4 Feb 2008 13:20:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1963322/posts Former President Bill Clinton invited Frank Giustra, a Canadian mining executive, to travel with him to Almaty, the capital of Kazakhstan in September 2005. Apparently, they were not simply sight-seeing. Every Quid was finding its Pro. Hours after his arrival in that mountainous dictatorship, Clinton endorsed Kazakhstan’s bid to join an international pro-democracy organization. Human-rights activists have long blocked Kazakhstan’s admission to the group because, ahem, its one-party rule has filled a lot of body bags. Clinton’s companion got what he wanted, too. Guistra who runs UrAsia, a relatively small Uranium mining concern with no reputation in the region, suddenly... PajamasMedia/richardminiter.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1963322/posts#comment Fri, 1 Feb 2008 18:05:16 GMT