Teddy Roosevelt speech

[whirlygigspin]

[orpupilofnature57]

1. Tell me this guy wouldn't of Felt the BERN .

[cantbeserious]

2. Know Thy Enemy - Oligarchs, Corporations, Banks And Their Media Minions And MIC Henchmen

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[Spitfire of ATJ]

3. "...may our ultra-conservatives remember that the rule of the Bourbons brought on the Revolution."

That's where we are now and they are running the likes of RMoney and now Trump.

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

4. Can you imagine one of the present crop of Republican candidates making an historical analogy?

TR showed his familiarity with the French Revolution, and clearly expected his audience to follow what he was saying. (Incidentally, I don't agree with him that if Louis XVI had listened to Turgot, all would have been well; but that's a quite different discussion that I would love to have been able to make with TR.)

No, Roosevelt was an educated man, and comfortable as such. The current crop seem to want to appeal to the lowest common denominator.

[MrMickeysMom]

5. His speech would not be recognized by so called conservatives today...

I keep wondering how literate the public was then to this level of oratory. We didn't have anything other than voice recordings and personal events.

This shows how far we've fallen from lack of leadership. The same message is unrecognized as leadership and feared out of ignorance more than ever today.

[Red Knight]

6. I appreciate the speech but Teddy never met the "Tea Party" idiots.

That will lower your opinion of the American people to make good decisions in who and how the government should be run.

While "some" of the American people may be capable--just looking today at Donald Trump as a serious contender should alert everyone that there are many morons out there--and they vote.