omg Teddy Roosevelt for president!

a symbol of rebellion that didn't do much as prez except play president exquisitely well

Yep, though that's a weakness of the system as much as the president. And playing the role well counts for something. (Or used to.) But sure, he was more big talk than big stick.

alfred -- surely TR is not overrated than wilson?

I'm pretty sure it was on another thread, or else on a link from another thread, where I recently read a quote from Alice Longworth, Teddy's daughter, who said TR wanted to be "the bride at every wedding and the corpse at every funeral."

omg Alice Longworth for president!

Teddy's statue in front of Nat Hist in NYC coming down, and i'm all for it, me the #1 genocidalist ilxor:

https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/controversial-theodore-roosevelt-statue-will-be-removed-american-museum-natural-historys-front-steps

If you blast him off Mt Rushmore tho, Reagan or Trump will replace him and you know it.

I thought removing a TR statue was a little extreme until I saw the actual statue and was like uh yeah that DEFINITELY needs to come down, jeez

Yup. I'm not sure the museum would be taking it down on its own if Roosevelt were the only figure it depicted.

i'm surprised it's lasted this long / i'm not surprised it's lasted this long

Jesus

still a lot of Great White Fathers around