RNC08: Theodore Roosevelt VS Ron Paul Supporters!

[Dancing88Mike]

Go Teddy!!!! Those kids got pwned

[Akyran]

I like how the hippy in the "you-can-buy-this-at-a-gas-sta­tion" jacket is all like, "I'm going to say everything you say, but add, "You're" to the beginning of it.:" This is why pot and politics don't mix. HAH!

Besides that, this is dumb. Ron Paul is a Libertarian. Teddy Roosevelt was a Progressive. Neither of these gentleman are affiliated with either the Republican or the Democratic parties. Plus, wasn't it Teddy who said :"Walk softly and carry a big stick."? He would support war? No.

[batman93oo]

Theodore Roosevelt is a progressive he would have never voted for John McCain. Probably Roosevelt's biggest ally today would have Been the Great Bernie Sanders. ahh the thought of Roosevelt and Sanders actually being in power at the same time period just makes me happy

[PipersGrip]

Anybody who claims to be a fan of Theodore Roosevelt knows that he hates to be called "Teddy".

[dogsbd]

So they support universal healthcare AND Ron Paul? Idiots.

[xnarutofan2x]

GO TEDDY!!!

[Laroosco]

Red Headed beardo jackass doesn't really undertand Teddy very well.

[Willredd94]

Teddy would be a good modern president but government is already too big so maybe when govt is small and in need of a good leader.

[TheFlanker35]

T.Roosevelt was not a good president because he was an imperialist. Grover Cleveland was a good president.

[MrAbolitionist]

they, they realize T.R. is dead right?

[TylerHinds]

I hate Ron Paul supporters. Especially ones like that guy who is fat, bearded and red headed. Theodore Roosevelt turned the United States into a world power, brought safety standards to the work place and inspired pride in American identity.

[redarrowhead]

The only difference between this TR and the real one, is that the real one had a larger body mass and was very muscular.

[redarrowhead]

If Theodore Roosevelt literally came out of the grave and told me to vote for a pidgeon for the next presidency, I would probably do it.

[MrAbolitionist]

they realize he's not really Teddy Roosevelt right?

[TylerHinds]

Military action has saved lives and has turned America into a world power. We were looked at as a regional power until McKinley and Roosevelt and we have them to thank for bringing us into being a world power. I admire Theodore Roosevelt for his character, foreign policy and his tough stance against corruption. I am proud to say he is one of my favorite presidents and no I don't need more education. I have read all of the Libertarian criticism of him and disagree with it.

[Dogmeat1950]

I would say those guys need to read some history.

lets not forget military action saved the lives of a women and her Chilldren in Marroco. when heodore Roosevelt.

funny how these guys talk about Ron Paul and how Ron Paul wants to go back to the way the founding fathers had it? lets remember the Fathers didn't take crap from nobody, Barbary wars ring a bell? hell the Fathers declared war on England! war of 1812!

[TylerHinds]

Why are Ron Paul supporter usually hipster college kids? I would have voted for McCain or Chuck Baldwin in 2008. I don't like a lot of libertarian philosophy, I think it is Utopian day dreaming.

[restaurant99]

Ron Paul's ideas are wrong. Ron Paul wants to abdicate the USA's international responsibilities and wants to end any government role in the economy and is such a fanatic of Adam Smith's free market mystification that any governmental commitment to infrastructure health care and education would be gone if he were president.

[j0nb0y5]

guess will see in 2012 cuz he's Supporters have already started?

[keatopolis]

@restaurant99 There is no reason to think that gov't bureaucrats can do the job better than the market. If gov't stayed out of health care, it would be easier to advance our medical studies. It would also increase competition, therefore lowering prices. If gov't stayed out of education, we wouldn't have to worry so much about being discriminative and choices would be left to local boards instead of mandated at the federal level, which has no business interfering with local schooling.

Ron Paul!!

[acott15]

This guy is an amazing actor.

[mowriter]

Teddy would never have countenanced the current Republican Party.

[billy2bob]

It's too bad these Ron Paul supporters are not as smart as Ron Paul. Teddy beat them soundly. But that's OK. Teddy's over 100yrs old. They're what? 20?

[billy2bob]

And how much land did Teddy usurp into the Federal Government's hands???

[4freespeech]

Today's Fascist "NeoCons"

ARE NOT CONSERVATIVES, either!

They are selling us out to the

World Bank through the Federal Reserve,

(which is NOT "federal" and has no reserves)

AUDIT AND ABOLISH THE

CRIMINAL FEDERAL RESERVE!

T.R. WOULD BE PROUD!

[BTbass]

I was going to give some props to the impersonator, but he broke character at 1:48-1:54

Shame 8(

[ItsBuzzkill]

Theodore Rossevelt wasn't a conservative. He was for big government, he was against big buisness, and he was for civil rights, so he was a liberal. The only conservative thing about him was his military ideals and his balance budget.

[MrAbolitionist]

How are conservatives against civil rights? 90% of Republicans (a conservative party at that time) voted for the civil rights legislation of 1968. conservatives are just against affirmative action which has nothing to do with the core principles of civil rights.

[epicwarriorleader]

Theodore Roosevelt was a TRUE conservative!!!!!!!

[b2tama]

Teddy Roosevelt is not a Republican. Aside from being a militarist, Teddy Roosevelt has nothing in common with the modern Republican Party.

[Supergungun]

Damn, he looks like Theodore Roosevelt.

[timclebron]

Wait.

Ron Paul supporters think Theodore Roosevelt supports John McCain?

[bxnyfordham]

ron paul supporters need to stop smoking pot

[TylerHinds]

Amen

[Albyiscool]

these ron paul guys are jokes

[TylerHinds]

Amen

[captainh321]

Show's the idiocy of Ron Paul and his band of isolationists. I think that one of TR's comments about someone else fits Paul and his gang. They have "the backbone of a chocolate eclair."

[numberonesurvivor75]

Isolationists?  There's a difference between non-interventionist and isolationist. A non-interventionist interacts with other nations and tries to change the world by setting a moral example first and foremost. An isolationist doesn't talk to anyone. These occupations in Iraq and Afghanistan are run by a bunch of bureaucrats that have no respect for soldiers' human rights as shown by absurd court marshals. They also covered up or possibly killed Pat Tillman.

[captainh321]

Actually, non-interventionism is a euphemism used by modern isolationists like Paul because the past has shown that isolationists like him (Henry Cabot Lodge, Robert Taft) represent a dangerous naivete about America's ability to hide from the world. We can not simply react diplomatically to international threats. In the words of TR himself, America must "speak softly, but carry a big stick," and use that stick to protect American interests.

[numberonesurvivor75]

Henry Lodge the elder was not an non-interventionist, but a Transcendentalist Communist sympathizer like his other pro eugenic brahmin friends. He only opposed entry into the League of Nations because he wanted to have wars to fuel his arms dealing and shipping industries in Article X, which had been the hallmark of his family since their fucking secret Hartford Convention in 1815.

An isolationist doesn't want to talk to other nations. A non-interventionist doesn't want to pretend to be God.

[numberonesurvivor75]

Robert Taft was great however. He really stood up for his principles and fled the East Coast Establishment to do so. :) He's one of my heroes.

[captainh321]

Taft would have withdrawn the U.S. from NATO if he had been elected President, thus abandoning our European allies to Soviet domination and communist rule. This, of course, ignored the lesson just learned by America in WW2 about putting our heads in the sand and letting dictators run amuck. Fortunately, my hero, Ike Eisenhower, saved us from Taft by defeating him for the Republican nomination in 1952, thus saving the postwar system of security he helped establish.

[numberonesurvivor75]

What a load of crap.

Allies? How were any of those countries allies? They didn't/don't share any American ideals, they didn't/don't care about human rights, and they wanted to submerge the American republic into gigantic organizations like the UN.

You adduce that Eisenhower saved Europe from Soviet domination. If you ask me, a 90% income tax, a draft, a massive superfluous Federal Aid Highway Act, and expansion of New Deal programs is Communist domination.

[wubritton]

TR:

Style Points-9/10

Delivery- 10/10

Hilarity- 10/10

Dude with Red Beard:

Style- 2/10 (nice blanket shirt)

German Looking Guy:

Style-4/10 (inventive use of contrasting grey hues)

Kid in Gym Clothes at a Political Gathering:

Lack of Substance- 10/10

[raiderfan14943]

Teddy owned the Ron Paul supporters @ 3:39 - 3:48

T. Roosevelt did alot of things that helped the middle class when he was president. If he were alive today there is no way he would support McCain.

[numberonesurvivor75]

Not really. You can argue about any of his intentions and praise his virtue, but his presidency was devastating. He expanded the government way too much and contributed to getting us into WWI.

[bittergunowner12]

LOL!

[waazchalker]

i thought film did exist during roosevelt's time.

[TolsmaLMC]

Yes, I think the first president filmed was Theodore Roosevelt's predecessor, William McKinley.

[rnc2008ronpaul]

I don't think these kids are doing too well... :(

[TolsmaLMC]

LOL at 1:28..."Do you gentlemen always speak at the same time?"

and then they answer:

"well technically, yeah."

[shutdownthefed]

I would have dressed up as Thomas Jefferson and beat him down

[ChrisPascale]

Who cares? These guys aren't accomplishing anything outside of entertainment.

[alragusa]

I read TR's autobiography and there is NO WAY he would support McInsane.

The RP guys should have asked TR why he supports taxing Americans to occupy a nation on the other side of the planet. Also they could have mentioned the economy is in recession because of the Fed and there is NO WAY TR would supported the Fed.

Also TR was for universal health care which Obama wants and created a civil war in Columbia just so we could screw over Panama.

TR had charisma but he'd never support a NeoCon!

[dreamwarrior22]

dead on. great post.

[mikelunz]

I am a complete Ron Paul supporter, and these kids are being very very very IGNORANT!!!!!!!! They arent even debating probably!

[voispoed]

I thought they did fairly well considering the humorous situation. "Teddy" stayed in character, kudos to him, but I give these young men credit for playing nice.

[quest8899]

Ted Roosevelt came back as crazy.

[verbenarock]

this is a riot..