From the Magazine | Roosevelt
Lessons from a Larger-than-Life President
By KARL ROVE
Posted Sunday, Jun 25, 2006
Theodore Roosevelt is one of the most remarkable figures in America's story. Adventurous, brave, opinionated, a larger-than-life personality, he was a man of action, energy and motion. T.R. loved what he called "the literature of history"--and wanted to be a key actor in America's great drama.
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http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1207825,00.htmlHow subliminal!
From this thread:
Bush reading reveals history fan
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2336704&mesg_id=2336704Hmmmm?
His reading includes When Trumpets Call: Theodore Roosevelt After the White House by Patricia O'Toole, which is about the former leader's African safari and his attempt to return to politics after leaving the White House in 1909.
Q: Thinking about a take over, a third run?
He is also reading Imperial Grunts: The American Military on the Ground - an account of the daily lives of US soldiers as told by Robert Kaplan, who accompanied several units overseas.
Q: Preparing notes for those who would question his AWOL status?
Bush may be skimming the books for ways to circumvent the law or spin his positions. Anything on the list about Truman?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2336704&mesg_id=2336860Does anyone doubt Karl Rove is on the defensive, trying to salvage an arrogant power grab? These people seriously believe they are above the law