Latest Pew Study finds Republican party shifting fast to religious radicalism

[Stealhead]

Originally Posted by Admiral Halsey

Anyone else wish Teddy "Trust Buster" Roosevelt was in office?

You know that Theodore Roosevelt disliked being called "Teddy" right? And he went both ways true he did bust up trusts but he also broke union strikes as well.Of course the trust busting only meant that large corporations simply found ways to avoid being considered a trust.

[Admiral Halsey]

Originally Posted by Stealhead

You know that Theodore Roosevelt disliked being called "Teddy" right? And he went both ways true he did bust up trusts but he also broke union strikes as well.

Still did more good then bad.(Also if there ever was a perfect war president it would have been him.)

[Stealhead]

What makes you say that? There where no major American wars during his time in office so we have no way to judge how efficiently or poorly his performance would have been.On top of that in all reality the President is only a figurehead military leader the Joint Chiefs are the ones who make the real military plans.

Side note he was the only Rough Rider with a horse in Cuba.

[Admiral Halsey]

Originally Posted by Stealhead

What makes you say that? There where no major American wars during his time in office.

Well for starters his dedication to our navy. Plus factor in his war service and the fact there were no wars during his presidency.(Probably because they were to scared to take him on.)

[Stealhead]

Originally Posted by Admiral Halsey

(Probably because they were to scared to take him on.)

Or maybe because the largest navy in the world at the time was our ally and because during his presidency the United Sates was still very much a secondary power.The idea that US might get involved had no effect on WWI starting in fact The US was playing both sides for a good while profiting from sales of goods and munitions to both sides.

Dedication to having a fully effective and cost effective military would be an ideal president(never going to happen).Favoring one branch typically means that under that president the loved branch gets more than it needs and the other branches become red headed step children.

Not say that he was a bad president by any means but I would not consider his favor for the Navy a good trait at any rate we are straying well away from the thread topic at this point.

[August]

Was England our ally during TR's presidency? I thought that didn't really become a reality until WW1.

[Admiral Halsey]

Originally Posted by August

Was England our ally during TR's presidency? I thought that didn't really become a reality until WW1.

I think we were more acquaintances.

[Onkel Neal]

Originally Posted by Admiral Halsey

Still did more good then bad.(Also if there ever was a perfect war president it would have been him.)

Yah, he was my kind of guy. Imagine if he was aged to be president in 1939! He would have been... Churchill.

Is the Republican party moving to religious radicalism? IMO, I doubt it, but some portion of the party base may be. I get the sense that the Republican party is going to lose more ground as the country changes from traditional America to a new European style America. Republicans can try to change to stay in touch, but that will mean essentially becoming Democrats.