Sarah Palin is no Theodore Roosevelt
A letter to the editor titled “Who am I?” (Sept. 24) seemingly compares and likens Sarah Palin’s experience and track record to Theodore Roosevelt’s. This has also bounced around the Internet.
It is misleading. The fact of the matter is that before he was the vice presidential candidate in 1900, Theodore Roosevelt was a:
• New York state assemblyman, in the state legislature;
• Harvard graduate (with honors);
• mayoral candidate for New York City (unsuccessful);
• civil service commissioner;
• police commissioner of New York City;
• assistant secretary of the Navy;
• rancher in the Dakota Territory;
• colonel, 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry (later awarded the Medal of Honor);
• governor of New York;
• nationally recognized biographer, historian and writer (author of more than 10 books by this time, one of which still stands as a classic today).
While she certainly has her attributes and strengths, Sarah Palin is no Theodore Roosevelt.
Gregory A. Wynn
Greensboro
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Nor does she claim to be.
This has been the highlight of this election- an offhand remark by a third or fourth party, taken as a personal attribute, then derided by the other side.
BTW, Obama is no JFK.
Posted on October 2, 2008 6:39 AM
As one who has actually read a detailed biogtaphy of Theodore Roosevelt ..
In many ways, Sarah Palin is like Theodore Roosevelt: Teddy was a manipulative opportunist who got the WH on the death of the elected boss. Sarah has been shown to be a progressive by raising the sales tax in her little town by 25% and then again by imposing on Big Oil a wind-fall tax, also at 25%. They can/could both dress a moose.
Posted on October 2, 2008 7:30 AM
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She has no peers. Ooops! I was wrong there----George W. Bush is a moron too.
She can't name any magazines, newspapers etc that she reads regularly.
She can't even name a supreme court case other than Roe v. Wade. (Guess that homeschooling is working along with that abstinence only strategy)
She makes a total fool of herself in her Katie Couric interview to the point that a satirical sketch, using Palin's exact words, can slay an audience and have them doubled up in laughter.
Yeah, Ellis. You keep stacking deck chairs on the titanic.
"an offhand remark by a third or fourth party, taken as a personal attribute, then derided by the other side."
Yeah, that dog won't hunt now will it.
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Posted on October 2, 2008 6:30 PM