Teddy Roosevelt kickstarted, in many respects, the progressive movement. Not exactly a Republican.
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Indeed, a progressive republican. Rare species today.
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why are we still dividing ourselves with labels like democrat republican and so on. lets just do what we (NEED) to do for humanity people!
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Yes, the founder of the Progressive party was a "conservative". Nice revisionist history there,
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Indeed, a progressive conservative. Possibly an extinct species today.
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Neil, this isn't a great reading of history. TR's politics were much more complex than we think of as "conservative Republican"
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that's why he had to leave the Republican party and start his own
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I mean first of all, imagine a conservative Republican founding the National Parks service to begin with. But second of all,
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imagine a Republican being anti-trust? Supporting, however tacitly, a coal-miners strike and threatening to nationalize the industry?
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*creating the FDA*?
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He proposed a progressive inheritance tax, for gosh sakes'! I WISH Conservative Republicans were like Teddy Roosevelt, but let's be real.
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He didn’t leave the GOP for a difference over policy, he left because he lost a primary.
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yeah, to a guy who disagreed with him over policy
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I wouldn't call Teddy a conservative Republican, he existed at a time when Republicans could be liberal.
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I'm going with Dave on this one, Neil. Stick with the Martians and such and leave earthly matters to the adults.
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This guys I.Q. is probably twice yours, and he carries no extreme political bias like you. He's the type of person we SHOULD listen to.
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