November 16, 2009
A Blast from the Past
A Teddy Roosevelt quote (h/t to The Epicurean Dealmaker) from the distant — the very distant — ideological past of the Republican Party:
We stand equally against government by a plutocracy and government by a mob. There is something to be said for government by a great aristocracy which has furnished leaders to the nation in peace and war for generations; even a democrat like myself must admit this. But there is absolutely nothing to be said for government by a plutocracy, for government by men very powerful in certain lines and gifted with “the money touch,” but with ideals which in their essence are merely those of so many glorified pawnbrokers.
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Well, despite being a spoiled child man (as revealed in the two biographies of him by David McCullough if one very carefully reads between McCullough's overly flattering lines), his administration did bring us Trust Busting as well as the preservation of huge amounts of public lands that are invaluable to us today - if one is speaking not in a monetary sense.
However, I blame Republican Roosevelt for a couple of other quotes that keep people like George W. Bush who, when they get into power, as stubborn as mules, although the mule at least has the advantage of providing some productive work output.
Posted by: Buck on November 17, 2009 10:31 PMPost a comment