Comments on: True Loyalty

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:11:56 +0000

Oh dear God who said that? Racist? TR? Where did you hear that? They can say that about anyone. Don’t believe that kind of thing Tracy. Please. Ask Quanah Parker what a racist he was. Google Quanah Parker before doing anything else.

By: Tracy, txmom2many

Tracy, txmom2many — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 13:53:13 +0000

I had heard TR was a bit of a racist? Is that a liberal falsehood? Or just one facet of an otherwise good man? The boys and I will be reading “Carry a Big Stick” later this year, so I guess I’ll find out then, although finding a biography that is completely balanced is very hard, especially ones my kids can read.

By: Floyd

Floyd — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 02:41:32 +0000

KansasGirl… welcome to Threedonia!

By: KansasGirl

KansasGirl — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:42:11 +0000

Truth to power. Works every time.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 22:24:15 +0000

TR blows me away. What a man he was. He spoke eloquently but plainly. I would doubt that most people would understand a word he said there now days being that reading comprehension is at the low end of 3rd grade.

This isn’t a good download of The Wind and the Lion but Brian Keith has got TR exact, I think.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgTPkDGoug0

By: Scott M.

Scott M. — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 16:05:05 +0000

If you’re interested,Floyd,there is a book about TR’s Brazilian expedition to the Amazon..”River of Doubt”,by Candice Millard.I highly recommend it.

By: Outlaw13

Outlaw13 — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 15:46:40 +0000

What a lot of political types (and others) seem to forget is that loyalty to be gotten has to be given in the first place. Loyalty is a two way street.

I see that illustrated in my job every day. Soldiers will do everything they can for a commander they think or feel cares about them. But if a commander shows no loyalty to the troops (or has a difficult time making the troops understand that he has their best interests at heart) they will show little loyalty to him. Yeah, they will do their jobs because that is what they are supposed to do…but they won’t go that extra yard for someone they regard as unworthy.

By: Scott M.

Scott M. — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 15:37:24 +0000

True…Wood wouldn’t play the game..too aloof.As for the Hardings,Florence harding was the more interesting.

By: David Marcoe

David Marcoe — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 15:35:36 +0000

Coolidge sat next to a woman (famous feminist and socialist) during a presidential dinner, who told him she had made a bet that she could get Coolidge to say more than two words. His reply? “You lose.”

By: Floyd

Floyd — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 15:20:07 +0000

We would never have had Silent Cal with Wood though. Coolidge is fast becoming one of my favorite Presidents. Wood was a bit too blustery and he chose the wrong campaign manager — great general, doctor, and soldier — not a great politician. Harding wasn’t too bad though made Clinton look like a virgin.

An interesting thing about this was the number of folks who were convinced the winner wouldn’t make it through the term. A variety of folks from across had not premonitions really — just a “feeling”.