tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9270189.post1880751071675373516..comments2023-11-14T15:11:35.669-05:00Comments on miriam's ideas: Boring polticiansmiriam sawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06796668928044011101noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9270189.post-60700665917503475752013-09-22T18:34:02.243-04:002013-09-22T18:34:02.243-04:00Teddy Roosevelt was police commissioner. He was v...Teddy Roosevelt was police commissioner. He was very popular but a bit of a showoff. It was said that he was the bride at every wedding and the corpse at every funeral.<br /><br />However, he was very intelligent and well educated--he wrote a book on the War of 1812 that is still being read. And it wasn't written by Bill Ayers.miriam sawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06796668928044011101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9270189.post-67174639028101390862013-09-18T15:58:29.669-04:002013-09-18T15:58:29.669-04:00Once I even read a mystery novel (and I vaguely re...Once I even read a mystery novel (and I vaguely remember it was one awarded all kinds of prizes, too), where one of characters was Teddy Roosevelt - was he at one time a police commissioner in NY? <br /><br />I suspect his popularity is based on great deal of fiction... Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9270189.post-63648799600601546422013-09-18T08:24:34.014-04:002013-09-18T08:24:34.014-04:00Boring in the sense of not being flamboyant or cha...Boring in the sense of not being flamboyant or charismatic. She led a conventional life and kept her secrets to herself.<br /><br />I didn't say she didn't think on her feet, etc. I thought she was very effective. <br /><br />Not as much fun to read about as Teddy Roosevelt, though.miriam sawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06796668928044011101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9270189.post-6304590817772782502013-09-13T19:29:28.080-04:002013-09-13T19:29:28.080-04:00http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okHGCz6xxiw
You cal...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okHGCz6xxiw<br />You call this boring? You think she didn't say anything memorable?<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoIZdEBf9Wk<br /><br />You think that was colorless? That she didn't think on her feet and was not witty or compassionate?<br /><br />I'd say on the current background she sound revolutionary, brilliant and refreshingly clear-minded.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com