Historical Valentine’s Day Thought
You know who had the worst Valentine’s Day in history? Theodore Roosevelt.
The second worst Valentine’s Day might go to the entire Bolivian nation.
You know who had the worst Valentine’s Day in history? Theodore Roosevelt.
The second worst Valentine’s Day might go to the entire Bolivian nation.
Hogan:
February 14th, 2013 at 9:54 am
Bugs Moran has to be up there somewhere.
rea:
February 14th, 2013 at 10:01 am
Riichard II, James Cook, and the Orange Free State also had bad days . . .
c u n d gulag:
February 14th, 2013 at 10:11 am
Too bad there was no Pele back then to distract the warring countries.
Thankfully, in modern times, there’s Professional Football (Soccer) for nations to fight proxy wars with.
Halloween Jack:
February 14th, 2013 at 10:12 am
Teddy needs a hug.
c u n d gulag:
February 14th, 2013 at 10:19 am
I don’t know about that – he can be a ‘bear’ at this hour of the morning.
Bill Murray:
February 14th, 2013 at 10:22 am
I think St. Valentine his own bad self might have something to say here, also Richard Coeur-de-Lion and finally Dolly the Sheep
Woodrowfan:
February 14th, 2013 at 10:28 am
his could have been worse. At leas the wasn’t in the garage.
McKingford:
February 14th, 2013 at 10:35 am
Oscar Pistorius’ Valentines Day isn’t shaping up too well…
Chester Allman:
February 14th, 2013 at 10:43 am
Not always proxy wars…
JKTHs:
February 14th, 2013 at 10:51 am
TR had a good October 3 though.
Bill Murray:
February 14th, 2013 at 10:55 am
probably not as bad as Reva Steenkamp’s
blondie:
February 14th, 2013 at 11:17 am
I was going to say, these guys had a pretty rotten Valentine’s Day. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/chi-chicagodays-valentinesmassacre-story,0,1233196.story.
creature:
February 14th, 2013 at 11:27 am
Kinda makes the Valentine’s Day dumping by a girlfriend back in ’05 pale in comparison to all these events! Now, I’m happily married, and she’s ‘living’ in Texas. Karma’s a bitch, ain’t it?
Randy Paul:
February 14th, 2013 at 2:05 pm
As for the wounds still running deep, I went to see Evo Morales speak at Cooper Union in July 2007. For the duration of his speech there was a Bolivian naval officer in dress whites standing behind him at attention. Not sure what to make of it, but it looked like a message was being sent.
Chester Allman:
February 14th, 2013 at 2:11 pm
What does a Bolivian navy officer do with his or her time? (Other than standing around for public presentations). Is there a Bolivian naval academy?
Chester Allman:
February 14th, 2013 at 2:17 pm
Okay, to answer my own question:
I’m reading Battle Cry of Freedom right now, and just finished the part about Grant’s army-navy force trying to hack its way through the overgrown rivers and swamps around Vicksburg, a long way from the open sea. So it’s not impossible to imagine.
mijaba:
February 14th, 2013 at 2:54 pm
Not as bad as Alice Roosevelt, I’d say.
Bruce Vail:
February 16th, 2013 at 2:03 pm
Or TR’s Mom. Death by typhoid sounds especially grim.
Bruce Vail:
February 16th, 2013 at 2:12 pm
As someone with several TR biographical books on my shelf, I wonder whether a lot of TR’s enduring popularity has to do with the numerous poignant and well-documented stories of his personal life, rather than his accomplishments as a political figure.
I think it was Edmund Morris who pointed out that TR was our first modern president in the sense in that he was the first to effectively harness the mass media to his own ambition.