Teddy Roosevelt Would Be A Democrat
This was originally publish in September 2009
In case you haven't seen it, Katie Couric, of CBS News, interviewed Glenn Beck, of talk radio, formerly of CNN Headline News, and now also with Fox News. Amazingly, this extremist, right wing provocateur, who will make a bundle off of his new book, I'm sure (folks, what does this tell us about the sanity of this country?), compared John McCain to "weird progressive" Teddy Roosevelt, the former REPUBLICAN President of the United States. If being a conservationist, who set aside many an acre of American lands for national parks; a peacemaker (he won the Nobel Peace Prize for helping negotiate the end of a war between Russia and Japan); a strong supporter of clean, safe food and medications (The Food and Drugs Act); the "trust buster" of monopolies, like John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil; and many, many more accomplishments to make the United States a better place, then I want to count myself among the "weird progressives!"
Senator McCain, whose voice has been noticeably silent during all of the recent right wing hype, now has felt the sting of people he should have spoken out against long ago. Shame on you John McCain, but now I welcome you to the side of some kind of decent debate about the critical issues facing the nation and the world.
With people like Beck seemingly having taken over the Republican Party, Teddy Roosevelt, if he were still with us, would do the right thing, and become a Democrat! He would let these self righteous spewers of venom wallow in their own hatred and bigotry.
WORD HISTORY:
Boost-For a fairly common word such as this, not much is known about it. It was first recorded in North America in the early part of the 1800s, and had the meaning of "push from below." "Booster," which was derived from "boost," came into usage in the late 1800s. The ultimate origins of "boost" remain unknown.
In case you haven't seen it, Katie Couric, of CBS News, interviewed Glenn Beck, of talk radio, formerly of CNN Headline News, and now also with Fox News. Amazingly, this extremist, right wing provocateur, who will make a bundle off of his new book, I'm sure (folks, what does this tell us about the sanity of this country?), compared John McCain to "weird progressive" Teddy Roosevelt, the former REPUBLICAN President of the United States. If being a conservationist, who set aside many an acre of American lands for national parks; a peacemaker (he won the Nobel Peace Prize for helping negotiate the end of a war between Russia and Japan); a strong supporter of clean, safe food and medications (The Food and Drugs Act); the "trust buster" of monopolies, like John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil; and many, many more accomplishments to make the United States a better place, then I want to count myself among the "weird progressives!"
Senator McCain, whose voice has been noticeably silent during all of the recent right wing hype, now has felt the sting of people he should have spoken out against long ago. Shame on you John McCain, but now I welcome you to the side of some kind of decent debate about the critical issues facing the nation and the world.
With people like Beck seemingly having taken over the Republican Party, Teddy Roosevelt, if he were still with us, would do the right thing, and become a Democrat! He would let these self righteous spewers of venom wallow in their own hatred and bigotry.
WORD HISTORY:
Boost-For a fairly common word such as this, not much is known about it. It was first recorded in North America in the early part of the 1800s, and had the meaning of "push from below." "Booster," which was derived from "boost," came into usage in the late 1800s. The ultimate origins of "boost" remain unknown.
Labels: English, etymology, extremists, Glenn Beck, John McCain, Katie Couric, progressives, Republicans, Teddy Roosevelt
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