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Bandit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-04 01:12 PM
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One "Republican" whose words have wisdom
"The President is merely the most important among a large number of public servants. He should be supported or opposed exactly to the degree which is warranted by his good conduct or bad conduct, his efficiency or inefficiency in rendering loyal, able, and disinterested service to the nation as a whole. Therefore it is absolutely necessary that there should be full liberty to tell the truth about his acts, and this means that it is exactly as necessary to blame him when he does wrong as to praise him when he does right. Any other attitude in an American citizen is both base and servile. To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. Nothing but the truth should be spoken about him or any one else. But it is even more important to tell the truth, pleasant or unpleasant, about him than about any one else." Teddy Roosevelt
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LynzM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-04 01:19 PM
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1. That's excellent, I'm going to bookmark it! n/t
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tom_paine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-07-04 01:25 PM
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2. Teddy Roosevelt kicked ass!
Of course, at any time after 1915, he'd have been a Democrat.

ESPECIALLY TODAY! I think he would have long ago given Bunnypants* a slap if T Roosevelt was alive today.

And he would do it, too, because he ws...TEDDY!

Here's a comment from T.Roosevelt from the past about Bunnypants*

"I could carve a better man out of a banana."
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