What Teddy Roosevelt did in the 1912 election is a big reason I do not care for him. He ran on the Progressive Party ticket, and as a former Republican president, he split the Republican vote, allowing another obnoxious progressive, Woodrow Wilson to become president, which had a huge list of negative consequences. It was all about Teddy's ego, not what was good for the country. Roosevelt's platform in 1912 was quite far to the left, but he drew most of his votes based on his personality, not his platform.
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You are right.
But the upside for the United States was acquiring the potential to have far flung land all over the Pacific, including Cuba. Should have annexed Cuba, as well as Puerto Rico and Hawaii and Guam. |
The Spanish American War was a war that Big Media of the day pushed us into. Spain probably had nothing to do with the explosion on the battleship Maine, which was not at all in their interest. It came within a day of being an extremely consequential war for the US, because that is how long the Imperial German Far East Fleet lost their race with Dewey to reach Manila Bay. Imperial Germany wanted the Phillipines and when the war broke out, they ordered their Far East Fleet based in Kaio Chau, the German version of Hong Kong on the Chinese coast, to steam for Manila. The goal was to position the German fleet in front of the Spanish to force US Admiral Dewey to either attack them first or leave. If the former happened, the Kaiser was ready to go to the Reichstag for a declaration of war, and America would have found itself fighting the world's second most powerful navy at the time (the UK's Royal Navy was the most powerful). As it was, the German fleet was a day late and while they steamed around trying to provoke an attack by Dewey, including landing German marines, Dewey was smart enough to ignore them and they eventually steamed away. Even after the naval gambit failed, Germany offered to buy the Phillipines from Spain and take on evicting the Americans themselves. That is why in the peace treaty with Spain, the US paid for the Phillipines while Cuba and Puerto Rico were ceded without any payment.
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At least he balanced the budget. The Swamp has proven that they will not.
Getting the National Parks started and increasing the size of the US Navy, and using the navy worldwide was a bold move that initiated the pathway to the US Navy's dominance since WWII. Remember that Roosevelt left a cushy job in Washington, DC to fight in a consequential war, that would have had even greater effect on the predominance of the USA had we had the forethought to annex Cuba after Spain was finally tossed from this hemisphere. Plus, Roosevelt was smart, and he was a Cowboy, which is very cool. |
Teddy Roosevelt was a progressive Republican, a big spender and a big government guy, more like a Cheney than a Trump. His role in the Spanish American War was more hype than reality. He may have exuded a certain personal bravado, but his politics were to the left of most Republicans of his day.
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As a United States President, Theodore Roosevelt is still larger than life.
The only United States President to win the Congressional Medal of Honor, the first real Swamp fighter, and like President Donald Trump, from New York. In these days, when we must endure, here in modern times, America's 2nd non patriot president; second Socialist president; and America's First Idiot President - www.beaufortcountynow.com - we should be thankful for the bold, super patriot, the hyper intelligent, and exceedingly honest Teddy Roosevelt. |
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Many of the Republicans of that day were rather unremarkable, excepting President William McKinley (a smart /competent president), who was shot dead; however, Roosevelt would have never been president if the then Republican had not dislike him as they did, which made for a most serendipitous presidency ... You know the ironic story here.
His largest political mistake was promising to stand for only one election. The party that did not like him held him to that promise.