1. This is a really fun piece, and points to a pet peeve of mine, which is the legacy of Teddy Roosevelt. Both @ewarren and @BernieSanders cite TR as someone to emulate. They don't understand Teddy Roosevelt, at all. TR represented in many ways the worst of progressivism.https://twitter.com/risenc/status/1155522934271807488 …
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Mark Twain definitely had a way with words.
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TR also shot and killed a man and wrote home how he enjoyed seeing him buckle like a jackrabbit.
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@thomasewoods once said: I think It's fair to say there have been worse presidents than Theodore Roosevelt. There have been better presidents than Theodore Roosevelt. There have been smarter presidents and dumber presidents. Taller and shorter. But I think there's one thing... - 1 more reply
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Read "Theodore Roosevelt: An American Sissy" by Gore Vidal. It's worth buying a subscription to the New York Review Of Books:https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1981/08/13/an-american-sissy/ …
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