Only seen 3/4 of the first part of Roosevelts but wanted to say

[BootinUp]

that I am thrilled we can still get quality programming like this in 2014.

[BlueJazz]

1. Absolutely. After watching the first parts of this story, I've been amazed at how cohesive and...

...enjoyable this documentary has been. I would have gladly paid 20 bucks to watch the series.
It's THAT well done.

[monmouth3]

2. Ken Burns is an artist...and he doesn't even paint. n/t

[IDemo]

3. To have either Teddy or Franklin in the running for 2016

(minus the TR war-hawking part, obviously). They don't make them like that anymore.

[BootinUp]

4. TR was brilliant and also a little crazy

but he loved his country and his people. He would be a little different today as every politician molds their policies around current events and public opinion.

[IDemo]

5. Imagine the temerity of a 21st Century president doing this:

After he became President in 1901, Roosevelt used his authority to protect wildlife and public lands by creating the U.S. Forest Service and establishing 51 Federal Bird Reservations, 4 National Game Preserves, 150 National Forests, 5 National Parks, and enabling the 1906 American Antiquities Act which he used to proclaim 18 National Monuments. During his presidency,Theodore Roosevelt protected approximately 230,000,000 acres of public land.

http://www.nps.gov/thro/historyculture/theodore-roosevelt-and-conservation.htm

The Sagebrush rebels and Cliven Bundys would be beside themselves with rage.