tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8028461499990943066.post1629517781134042979..comments2023-08-20T10:44:05.001-04:00Comments on TerrorWonk: Teddy Roosevelt Meets his MatchAaron Manneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12688396444883511392noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8028461499990943066.post-49261542972763583252009-01-08T20:53:00.000-05:002009-01-08T20:53:00.000-05:00TR was one of my favorites, in fact, I have a larg...TR was one of my favorites, in fact, I have a large stack of his books and several biographies that I've read many times. It was funny that the Republican strategy was to make him Vice President in an attempt to kill him politically. The failings of this plan was prophesized by a fellow politician who couldn't believe that the party would place this man one death away from the Presidency.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8028461499990943066.post-43257383126260085592009-01-11T00:35:00.000-05:002009-01-11T00:35:00.000-05:00Great to hear from you.It was Mark Hanna, the Karl...Great to hear from you.<br><br>It was Mark Hanna, the Karl Rove of his time and a top McKinley ally (interestingly Rove really admires McKinley). He tried to block Roosevelt (in a break with the Rove comparison - Hanna opposed the Spanish-American War). He said, "Don't any of you realize there is only one life between that madman and the presidency?"<br><br>And after McKinley was assassinated, he said, "Now that damn cowboy is president."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com