Republicans apparently trying to compare Sarah Palin to Teddy Roosevelt.

[LiberalFighter]

They say that she fits the same mode as Teddy:

Less than 45 (Palin is 2 years older than Teddy)

Republican (Republican Republican or Republican Successionist?) Teddy was actually the leader of the Progressive Movement.

Loves the outdoors and hunts (How much outdoors has she really done and how much hunting compared to Teddy?)

2 years as a Governor (Gee... Alaska and New York are almost on par with each other in stature and difficulty in governing. NOT)



Roosevelt was Asst Secretary of the Navy (1897-1898) (Involved in preparing for war with Spain)
Rough Riders (1898 as Colonel) during the Spanish-American War
Governor of New York (1-1-1899 - 12-31-1900)

Roosevelt wrote 32 books.

[jschurchin]

1. Well at least Teddy

could answer a simple fucking question without looking like a complete idiot.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

2. Basically...

all they know about Roosevelt was that he was a big game hunter.

[no_hypocrisy]

3. Alice Roosevelt Longsworth was more of a republican than Sarah Palin.

And I'd love to hear Alice's commentary on SP were she still alive.

[chknltl]

4. John McCain's response: "I knew Teddy Roosevelt.

"....and you ma'am are no Teddy Roosevelt!

[Generic Other]

5. and Quayle was compared to JFK

These delusional dolts are legends in their own minds.

Sarah actually makes Quayle look good, quite an extraordinary achievement on her part, don't you think? But really the only one of her achievements we can point to.

[HeraldSquare212]

6. So even they think McKinley, er, McCain won't last a full term?

[LiberalFighter]

10. I was wondering about that but there is a difference.

McKinley won re-election to a 2nd term. And his VP died in office during his first term.

[Bucky]

14. I don't think that's a critical difference

Here's an irony, though. What got Teddy qualified to serve as Assistant Secretary of the Navy was the fact that he'd served several years in the state senate

[mitchum]

7. Wearing glasses and shooting anything that moves

don't see any other similarities though

[RC]

30. Oh yes there is. Teddy wore rimless glasses also.

[LiberalFighter]

8. Roosevelt graduated from Harvard magna cum laude in one shot

not the 5 schools that Palin needed to get a measley 4 year degree?

[safeinOhio]

9. I'd say more like Spiro A.

[Danger Mouse]

11. Teddy Roosevelt was the only true progressive to occupy the office.

He was one of our greatest presidents, and my personal favorite, even though he was a Republican.
Needless to say, I cannot begin to say how insulted I am that people have the gall to compare Palin to Roosevelt.

[NoPasaran]

12. I never realized so many people took the brown acid.

You were warned, man.

[navarth]

19. LOL

best post today

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

13. The same Republicans used to compare Bush to Abraham Lincoln, George Washington,

and Winston Churchill.

[ipfilter]

15. Mrs. Palin's Navy

Defending Alaska from Putin's head.

Teddy Roosevelt's head is carved into the side of a mountain!

[chknltl]

16. They named an elk after Teddy Roosevelt

Is she looking to get a wolf named after her???

[Raschel]

17. They are alot alike

in the fact that she knows as much about today's politics as he does.

[workinclasszero]

18. That shows how f'in stupid republicans are!

I don't remember reading about TR slaughtering animals from aircraft for one.

If TR were alive today he would be ridden out of that stinking party on a rail by the fascists that run it and so would Abe Lincoln.

[truthisfreedom]

20. But but but...

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She can see Russia from her front porch!

[CowboyHeyHey]

21. Even in 1900

NY state had more than 10 times the population of modern Alaska

[Yavin4]

22. Teddy Roosevelt Was A Beauty Pagent Contestant?

Teddy Roosevelt in a swimsuit. Geesh!

[old mark]

23. Is she dead, too? nt

[scorpiogirl]

24. I had someone send me this today

I'm still deciding if I want to respond and how to do it. It came from someone I consider a little more than an acquaintance. She doesn't seem to be a real big thinker as she wrote "This is great!" at the top of the email. It's just a ridiculous comparison on so many levels.

[Ichingcarpenter]

25. Arsenic and Old Lace type Teddy Roosevelt

And just as crazy

[HughMoran]

26. Teddy was a stupid fucking whore?

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[chknltl]

27. No comparison,Teddy Roosevelt was smarter than a 5th grader!

[Poseidan]

28. it's like comparing iraq to al qaeda

Palin should be kept separated from Washington by more than one country.

It's very rarely fair to compare party members from the past to members of the present. Their constituencies (confederates/Americans), changed parties many times throughout history. For example, Lincoln, if he was here today, would be a Democrat.

[curious one]

29. OMG they all lost their marbles. Why they are subjecting us to this BS?

[Iterate]

31. Let them make the comparison, please do, but on all counts.

Roosevelt was well educated (Harvard, with highest honors, then Columbia Law), traveled extensively (especially in Europe), and was very active in his youth as a community activist, organizer, and board member in numerous New York charities and non-profits.

Not content merely with the New York academic and social life, after the death of his first wife he went to North Dakota to start a ranch and make his own fortune in the cattle business. After a few years of that and near failure, he returned to NY and entered politics.

Throughout his career he promoted conservation, land set asides, environmental regulation, interstate commerce regulation, unions, universal health care, anti-monopoly, anti-big business, anti-corruption, party reforms -in short, he was a Progressive. If that's not enough, he refused to swear the oath of office on a bible.

And a Nobel Peace Prize.

In essence, he was somewhere to the left of anyone since...Theodore Roosevelt. The the Republicans turned him out in favor of big business and corruption, a path they've stayed with since. That's when he ran third party.

Modern progressives should not be too quick to claim him, because, as most of you know, he was also believed in expansion of the big empire, and had some fairly racist attitudes.

I swear, if only Republicans would read a few books they'd be, well, they'd be Democrats, some of them anyway.

[Mimosa]

32. Teddy was an avid reader and a conservationist.

Teddy busted monopolies. Teddy was erudite.

How crazy can they be not to recognise how completely ordinary Sarah Palin is. She's ordinary in that 'conservative Christian, slightly kinky/nutty' way!

[dkofos]

33. Well they do both like to kill for sport. But so do bush and cheney.

[tannybogus]

37. I don't think TR would consider shooting animals from a plane sport. nt

[smoochpooch]

34. Teddy once refused to shoot a bear, hence the "Teddy Bear". Palin could give a shit about them. nt

[yardwork]

35. Teddy Roosevelt was a conservationist. Palin, not so much.

[sniffa]

36. BULLY!

Was he a fucking idiot too?