Teddy Roosevelt

Teddy Roosevelt was a big man when big men did big things. He was bright enough to have  a camera man to hand when it mattered. Look at the faces in the photo; confident, competent, effective. That is how I read them. Compare him and them with snivelling, draft dodging little swine like Blair. He had the misfortune to be slightly related to Franklin D Roosevelt, another president but also a traitor. The Wikipedia gives him a decent write up - see Theodore Roosevelt

Teddy Roosevelt Quoted
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Among US presidents, Teddy Roosevelt stands out. He's the only one to win both the Nobel Prize and the Medal of Honor. Plus, he busted up corporate trusts, fathered the Panama Canal, and set aside 230 million acres of land for public good, kick starting the American conservation movement.

Born in Manhattan in 1858, Roosevelt served as lieutenant colonel in the Spanish-American War, and then came back to New York to serve as governor.
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A rather special man who did things by leading from the front.

 

Theodore Roosevelt ex Wiki

Teddy Roosevelt on San Juan Hill

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:TR_San_Juan_Hill_1898.jpg

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SanJuanHeightsUSArmyJuly1898VictorsKettleHill.jpg

Original title: "Colonel Roosevelt and his Rough Riders at the top of the hill which they captured, Battle of San Juan." US Army victors on Kettle Hill about July 3, 1898 after the battle of "San Juan Hill(s)." Left to right is 3rd US Cavalry, 1st Volunteer Cavalry (Col. Theodore Roosevelt center) and 10th US Cavalry. This photo is often shown cropping out all but the 1st Vol Cav and TR.

Original title: "Colonel Roosevelt and his Rough Riders at the top of the hill which they captured, Battle of San Juan Hill." US Army victors on Kettle Hill about July 3, 1898 after the battle of "San Juan Hill(s)." Left to right is 3rd US Cavalry, 1st Volunteer Cavalry (Col. Theodore Roosevelt center) and 10th US Cavalry. A second similar picture is often shown cropping out all but the 1st Vol Cav and TR. (pictured above to the left)

Original title: "Colonel Roosevelt and his Rough Riders at the top of the hill which they captured, Battle of San Juan Hill." US Army victors on Kettle Hill about July 3, 1898 after the battle of "San Juan Hill(s)." Left to right is 3rd US Cavalry, 1st Volunteer Cavalry (Col. Theodore Roosevelt center) and 10th US Cavalry. A second similar picture is often shown cropping out all but the 1st Vol Cav and TR. (pictured above to the left)

On September 2, 1901, at the Minnesota State Fair, Roosevelt first used in a public speech a saying that would later be universally associated with him: "Speak softly and carry a big stick, and you will go far."

That looks like a large double barreled rifle - right for the job. He went on safari with Frederick Selous who really was a great white hunter.