Fabio - Re: Teddy Roosevelt

WL Lilly liljerryandtheyadayadakiddz at yahoo.com
Sat Aug 25 19:28:14 CEST 2001


  Fabio - Are you in South America ? I don't remember
. Frankly , I'd say that the - I was going to say "
general opinion " , but , perhaps , I'll start with
elite/specialists ( Historians , etc. ) I'd guess that
Teddy Roosevelt is probably not as well thought of as
he once was - He's on the Mount Rushmore memorial , as
you may , perhaps , know , but , I've seen a statement
by somepne saying " As a President , perhaps he wasn't
really at that level . " Perhaps political changes
have contributed to that - He was a Republican , but ,
as things are seen now , by many Republicans , rather
" liberal " ( Given that , obviously , the generally
accepted meanings of such terms as " conservative "
and " liberal " will differ , even at one time , never
mind over , nearly , 100 years ! ) , I guess , perhaps
even hurt just by the name - given that his distant
cousin , Franklin D. Roosevelt , a later President , a
Democrat , does tend to be very much liked as a
President by more liberal-leaning writers , especially
!
 Especially given your " Third World " mentioning , I
guess T. R. might be seen , whether entirely fairly or
not I can't really , perhaps , say , as something of
an American imperialist now - I have to give someone
else the computer , so , more later ! 
  Any other Yanks care to comment ? Remember , I am
talking about my OBSERVATION , of what the prevailing
opinion tends to BE , not ( Very , anyway !!!!!!!
)much about my own !   

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