Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
If I cannot find qualified Republicans, I am going to appoint Democrats.
Theodore Roosevelt, 1858-1919, 26th President of the United States (Republican, NY), Remark to a Congressional delegation, Quoted in Mark Sullivan, Our Times, Charles Scribner's Son, 1927
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Those who did were ostracized by Delay (who was then the Republican Majority Leader) and some other leading Republicans. His extreme and sometimes illegal partisan tactics got him into criminal difficulty and he was a major part of the great Republican Scandal of 2005-2006. He then was convicted of criminal activity for his extreme and illegal political activities.
On why he joined the Republican party:
Theodore Roosevelt Jr., often referred to as Teddy or his initials T. R., was an American statesman, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer, who served as the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909. He previously served as 33rd governor of New York from 1899 to 1900 and the 25th vice president of the United States from March to September 1901. Roosevelt emerged as a leader of the Republican Party and became a driving force for anti-trust and Progressive policies.