To all of you who are sending or have received the email “Who Am I?” that goes as follows:
I'm under 45 years old,
I love the outdoors,
I hunt,
I am a Republican reformer,
I have taken on the Republican Party establishment,
I have many children,
I have a spot on the national ticket as vice president with less than two years in the governor's office.
Who am I?"
If you said Teddy Roosevelt you are right !Teddy Roosevelt in 1900.
Here are my comments to this email:
Teddy Roosevelt is a personal hero of mine. I have read his writings and several books about his life. Governor Pallin maybe a lovely human being and wonderful Governor of Alaska, but she is in not even in Teddy Roosevelt’s league. Let’s keep things in perceptive:
Before he was vice President:
He struggled as a sickly asthmatic child and overcame it
He was proficient in French, German, Latin and Greek
He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard
He was a New York Assemblyman served 3 terms
President of the Board of New York City Police Commissioners
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Instrumental in the Spanish-American War
Won the Medal of Honor
Colonel of the Rough Riders
Wrote the History of the Naval War of 1812 set the standard for studies on naval strategy and was required reading at the Naval Academy in Annapolis for many years.
Established two cattle ranches in Dakota Territory
Lost both his beloved mother and wife on the same day
Published the Life of Thomas Hart Benton
Published Life of Governor Morris
Published Ranch Life and Hunting Trail
Published Essays in Practical Politics
Four volume history of the frontier The Winning of the West published
U.S. Civil Service Commissioner, Washington
Published History of New York
Published The wilderness Hunter
Published Hero Tales from American History in collaboration with Henry Cabot Lodge
Published American Ideals
Published The Rough Riders
All before becoming vice president in March 1901.
