Opinion of Theodore Roosevelt

[ElectionsGuy]

George Washington: 77.6% Approval
John Adams: 87.0% Approval
Thomas Jefferson: 70.4% Approval
James Madison: 81.0% Approval
James Monroe: 66.7% Approval
John Quincy Adams: 79.6% Approval
Andrew Jackson: 23.7% Approval
Martin Van Buren: 77.8% Approval
William Henry Harrison: 50.0% Approval
John Tyler: 23.3% Approval
James K. Polk: 64.3% Approval
Zachary Taylor: 80.0% Approval
Millard Fillmore: 12.5% Approval
Franklin Pierce: 16.1% Approval
James Buchanan: 6.3% Approval
Abraham Lincoln: 89.1% Approval
Andrew Johnson: 19.2% Approval
Ulysses S. Grant: 76.2% Approval
Rutherford B. Hayes: 35.3% Approval
James A. Garfield: 83.7% Approval
Chester A. Arthur: 80.8% Approval
Grover Cleveland: 54.8% Approval
Benjamin Harrison: 31.1% Approval
William McKinley: 44.7% Approval

26th President of the United States: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt

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[Deus Naturae]

One of the worst.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

One of the better presidents by default, but horribly overrated for a host of reasons.

[TNF]

Racist, imperialist nutjob.

[ElectionsGuy]

I have to say, I respect his life story and him as a person. But for starting the progressive movement and all, is automatic HP right there. Carrying on the imperialist policies of McKinley only brings him lower as well.

Racist, imperialist nutjob.

Examples?

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

I have to say, I respect his life story and him as a person. But for starting the progressive movement and all, is automatic HP right there. Carrying on the imperialist policies of McKinley only brings him lower as well.

Racist, imperialist nutjob.

Examples?

On imperialism:

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On the Texan War of Independence:

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Really, the only reason why he was on balance a good president (and even then very overrated; Taft, for instance, busted more trusts but made less of a spectacle about it) was because he had the least eventful decade of the century during which to be in charge.

[Deus Naturae]

I have to say, I respect his life story and him as a person. But for starting the progressive movement and all, is automatic HP right there. Carrying on the imperialist policies of McKinley only brings him lower as well.

Racist, imperialist nutjob.

Examples?

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[SWE]

FF, but awful on foreign policy

[7,052,770]

Mega FF.  America was a third-tier country on the world stage before him, and a first-tier country by the time he was done.

The trust-busting and general concern for the poor are an added bonus.  Plus he was the first to call for universal health care.

[Frodo]

Mega FF.  America was a third-tier country on the world stage before him, and a first-tier country by the time he was done.

The trust-busting and general concern for the poor are an added bonus.  Plus he was the first to call for universal health care.

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Curiously enough, he was nowhere near as bellicose as President than when he was Vice-President under William McKinley.  Or, for that matter, after his Presidency when the First World War broke out.  If anything, he was the peace-maker during his White House years, negotiating an end to the Russo-Japanese War, for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906.  

[TDAS04]

Mixed bag of great and awful.  FF on balance, but overrated. 

[H. Ross Peron]

Huge FF, should have been returned to the Presidency in 1912

[Incipimus iterum]

FF one of the greats

[Frodo]

Huge FF, should have been returned to the Presidency in 1912

Or he should have just stayed in and gotten re-elected in 1908 instead of stepping down when he did.  He obviously loved being President.  

[Cassius]

Big FF, even if he did, occasionally, go a bit off the rails when it came to expanding the role of the central government (Food and Drug Act: good, supporting higher taxes: bad)

[RogueBeaver]

Big FF, even if he did, occasionally, go a bit off the rails when it came to expanding the role of the central government (Food and Drug Act: good, supporting higher taxes: bad)

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Big fan

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Big FF, even if he did, occasionally, go a bit off the rails when it came to expanding the role of the central government (Food and Drug Act: good, supporting higher taxes: bad)

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

Racist, imperialist nutjob.

He was no more racist than anyone else of his time, aside from Wilson and his ilk. Judging people by modern standards is terrible.

[Goldwater]

Racist, imperialist nutjob.

In other words, FF.

[Snowstalker Mk. II]

Huge FF, should have been returned to the Presidency in 1912

Hopefully you're aware that he would not have wanted you in the United States.

[Sol]

Racist, imperialist nutjob.

He was no more racist than anyone else of his time, aside from Wilson and his ilk. Judging people by modern standards is terrible.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_English_Walling

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Monroe_Trotter

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Nash_Baldwin

[The Dowager Mod]

Decent, overrated though.

[Gass3268]

The fact that TR is going to have a lower approval % than Garfield and Arthur is a joke.

[H. Ross Peron]

Huge FF, should have been returned to the Presidency in 1912

Hopefully you're aware that he would not have wanted you in the United States.

That probably was true for most pre-FDR Presidents.