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Originally Posted by cat's meow
... The founding fathers did not want this sort of political process involved with picking a president. They were NOT for political parties having this sort of power and influence.
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"It serves to distract the Public Councils, and enfeeble the Public Administration....agitates the Community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms; kindles the animosity of one....against another....it opens the door to foreign influence and corruption...thus the policy and the will of one country are subjected to the policy and will of another."
From Washingtons Farewell Address. Pretty prophetic dude in 1796.
In general:
Not a big fan of Teddy, but he's human and has made mistakes. I'd bet his kids and grand-kids know him only as someone they love.
I'd rejoice if he was out of office. But not this way.
Those claiming the right has some kind of monopoly on wishing someone dead are either blind or outright liars. If you're going to demonize those making the comments, at least have the intellectual honesty to admit its disgusting from either side.