Had a long 4 hour talk with a good friend of mine, and at some point we talked about presidents and I called Andrew Jackson the only good democrat and Teddy Roosevelt the only good republican. He said “the only good democrat is a dead one…which works because Andrew Jackson is a good democrat and he’s dead” and i said “well the only good republican is a dead republican, and Teddy Roosevelt is dead so there you go”. There was a strong silence for a second, pretty sure we were both lamenting our lack of good leaders.
Discussion
MY BEEF WITH TEDDY IS THAT LIKE TRUMP HE PROJECTED AN IMAGE THAT HE HIMSELF SHOULD HAVE BEEN, SHOULD HAVE LIVED, BUT WAS NOT
THAT IMAGE OF A TRULY AND UNIQUELY AMERICAN ARISTOCRAT THAT TEDDY FOSTERED -- OH IT STUCK, IT ENDURES
BUT NOBODY WITH ANY REAL POWER EVER ACTUALLY EMBODIED THE ARCHETYPE
AND TEDDY COULD HAVE