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It is by the free exchange of ideas and opinions that we learn, and draw closer to knowledge of the truth. But the critic who lacks the cojones and courage to establish their identity by using an alias might consider the words of Theodore Roosevelt:

The man who really counts in the world is the doer, not the mere critic-the man who actually does the work, even if roughly and imperfectly, not the man who only talks or writes about how it ought to be done.

It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by the dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions and spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly; so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat.
"Citizenship in a Republic" - a speech at the Sorbonne, Paris, France, 23 April 1910

Dr. Hause are you talking about Donald Trump?

"She comes down here (WV) and tells you she'll replace your coal mining jobs with minimum wage jobs. I'm telling you, you better get ready to go back into those mines because if I'm elected you'll be working your asses off."

After he said that the place went nuts.


That won my vote.

I'd lay money he's talking about the critics and lack of respect and civility here rather than a reference to Trump?

Just for conversation, it's a different world. Some advocate for change no matter what, and won't acknowledge that some change is not good, constructive, civil or otherwise. In today's world, maybe TR would be the heartless, intolerant critic.

Similarities between Teddy Roosevelt�s split with Republicans and his Bull moose party vs. today�s Republican presidential selection are uncanny. Roosevelt was considered brash in his day too.

Paste from Wikapedia

Roosevelt far outpolled Taft in the primary elections which were held in a few of the more progressive states. But Taft had worked far harder than TR to control the Republican Party's organizational operations and the mechanism for choosing its presidential nominee at the 1912 Republican National Convention. So, despite Roosevelt's last-minute attempt to block Taft's re-nomination, the party re-nominated Taft in June.[3]

I not going to make this "political" any more than necessary but we're are in for the nastiest fight ever to retain our 2nd Amendment rights this year. I think the path is clear as to who we must elect president. Failure to do so will have dire ramifications.
Get out and vote and encourage you family members and friends to do so as well.
And as an aside: T Roosevelt was one of the first Progressives. He must be rolling over in his grave after seeing who this title is ascribed to today!
Jim

I didn't see anything political in Dr. Drew's post. I took it as a shot across the bow of "Fox with the Runs'" totally uncalled for criticism of our friend Tom Archer.

As did I....

Treb,
I think it was indirecty at FWTR.

That Trump quote is the best line of the campaign yet.

Jim, I don't believe anyone here objects to your politically oriented posts unless they are completely off topic to the particular thread in which you post, leading to abandonment of an interesting 'gun topic'. Anyone of us who doesn't agree with your opinion in the post above is just not interested in our collective right to even own the guns we discuss here.

While a political thread in this forum is 'off topic' so is a lot of other stuff discussed here. If a political thread can be kept civil, with due respect to the opinions expressed by others, I don't think it would be locked or 'disappeared' by the forum owner. We need to be able discuss the current political issues with an eye to how they affect our personal constitutionally protected (for now anyhow)rights. JMHO..Geo