Roosevelt the True Political Genius, Do you know his legacy?
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What Roosevelt was describing, in my opinion, is the two party system in America today. Democrats feel America as a nation is measured at the lowest levels of the people in our society. Republicans feel the nation is measured at its highest levels of personal achievement. Those with, versus those without. Those with scream about taxes, welfare, and those who are so poor they can never lift themselves above poverty. At the same time they ship their jobs overseas putting Americans out of work. Hire illegals rather than pay an American a living wage, all in the name of being competative instead of admitting it is greed that controls their actions. In my opinion the republican party is no longer the party of conservatism, it is the party of greed, intolerance and lack of concern for those less fortunate in our country. Democrats feel otherwise. It is the party of social concern for the wrongs of our society, the less fortunate, the people at the lowest rungs of American society. If we look the other way when we see poverty all around us in our country, how great is America in reality? The pursuit of the almighty dollar now rules America. Most of America pursues it because they don't have enough. A small part of America pursues it because they can never get enough. Too much to spend in ten lifetimes is not enough for some. If a category four hurricane were to hit New York City, would we see the same response we saw in New Orleans, a city with many poor people? I think not.
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As the first TV president, with a young beautifulfamily,his only legacy is style over substance. Held back civil rights, got us commited to war in Vietnam ,got guys commited to invade Cuba,then failed to back them up as promised, had affairs including Marilyn Monroe and she conveniently died when the rumor became known as fact--would have made a fair modern day republican, though.
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President Theodore Roosevelt wrote 37 books.
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Teddy Roosevelt during a 1907 visit to Nashville is supposedly when presidential coffee endorsement attributed to him for nearly a century was made. The coffee blend got its start thanks to Nashvillian Joel Owsley Cheek 110 years ago this year and was in fact named for the renowned Maxwell House hotel at Fourth Avenue and Church Street in downtown Nashville, where it began to be served at Cheek's urging.\n\nHowever, Roosevelt's praise of the blend was supposed to have come while he was visiting the Hermitage, home of President Andrew Jackson, as a guest of the Ladies Hermitage Association. The president was en route back to Washington from a hunting trip in Mississippi when on Oct. 22, 1907, he spent a few hours in Nashville.\n\nRoosevelt gave the Hermitage ladies his backing for a federal appropriation for their project to restore the Jackson mansion. The ladies gave him a cup of coffee. A marketing legend was born: The hostess asked him if he would have another cup of Maxwell House Coffee. ''Will I have another? Delighted! It's good to the last drop!''\n\nWriter Bill Carey, a former Tennessean reporter, questions in his recent book on Nashville business history whether the coffee Roosevelt was served was in fact Maxwell House, let alone whether the comment was real. Carey researched newspaper reports at the time and could find no hard evidence of either.\n\nTrue or not, the story has long outlived those with firsthand knowledge of it and has helped build Maxwell House into one of the world's best known brands.
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Absolutely! And he will be viewed as one of the best Presidents ever. He has the courage of his convictions and is not swayed by public opinion as his predecessor was.
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Oh my goodness yes!! FDR was the man, he's seriously one of my all-time favorite presidents...maybe my favorite. He made such significant changes when he was in office...things that are still relevant to this day. Because of him we have trust in the banks and he's the reason that the parties "switched" their priorities. FDR was definitely amazing. :)
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I would choose either Franklin Roosevelt or John Kennedy to try to deal with today's problems, particularly Iraq. Both were very bright. Both were wide ranging and imaginative in the consideration of problems, without some limitations we see today. Both knew human behavior very well, of their own advisers as well as of foreign powers and enemies. Both were not afraid of doing something drastic if necessary and were articulate enough to explain why to the American people. Both loved their country and were devoted to it at any cost to themselves. Both knew how to inspire and lead the American people and the world.\n\nYou say they had some peccadillo's? Don't we all.
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He was brilliant, well educated and sought to constantly test his thinking... a rare (but very human) man.  Perhaps you should read some of the many, many books written on this Founding Father for more insight into the particulars of his life?
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Teddy Roosevelt. What I like about him is that he was a conservationist and an outdoors man. He served two terms, actually one and part of one. He was responsible for 5 national parks and 150 national forests.
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False, but VERY close...\n\nThe real Bush legacy:  "Ask not what you can do for your country; ask what you and your country can do for me and my rich buddies."
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Franklin D. ROosevelt, why? because first of all, who got us out the Great Depression? without his help i don't know where we would be at
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt\n\nHe got the country out of the Great Depression.  Enough said.
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hey, i just took a test over this, well as you probably know he was the presidentat WWII. He created the United Nations, he lead the miltary alliance that defeated the Nazis(italy and japan)he was best known for his role in the great depression, using his deal new that created the democratic party.
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Yes.  He was very elegant and brought a sense of royalty to the White House.  He did amazing things to help bring world peace.  Not because he forced anyone, but because he was honest and upright and dealt with people as people and nations as groups of people.
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Sounds good to me. He is one of the most brilliant men in politics.
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"Big Stick" diplomacy and intimidation. \n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy_Roosevelt\n\nEnjoy,\nArmus
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"Effective" leader is not the same as "good" leader.  An effective leader is one who gets people to do what he wants.  A good leader gives them good things to do.  So the most effective leader in known history would be Adolf Hitler.  I am not willing to call him a good leader, however.  For good leaders, possibly the most effective ever was Winston Churchill.  Interesting, isn't it, that fate pitted those two against each other?  Do you believe it was just coincidence?