Teddy Roosevelt was a bad-ass’s badass. On October 14, 1912, he was shot in the chest and still managed to deliver a campaign speech to a waiting audience.
Before he began his speech at the Milwaukee Auditorium, he asked the audience to please be quiet; then, he dropped a bombshell on them.
“I don’t know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot.”
He unbuttoned his vest to reveal a blood-soaked shirt and said:
“It takes more than that to k**l a bull moose.” (Bull Moose was the name he gave to his newly formed political party)
Not surprisingly, some in the audience gasped.
He continued to pull out the fifty-page speech he had stuffed in his breast pocket. The speech absorbed much of the bullet's energy; had it not been there, Roosevelt would have likely been k**led.
Roosevelt’s eyeglass case took a good bit of the impact as well.
Explaining to his audience what happened, Roosevelt continued:
“Fortunately, I had my manuscript, so you see I was going to make a long speech, and there is a bullet—there is where the bullet went through—and it probably saved me from it going into my heart. The bullet is in me now, so that I cannot make a very long speech, but I will try my best.”
Roosevelt then spoke for 90 full minutes, and only when he was done with his speech did he allowed himself to be taken to the hospital for treatment.
The shooting occurred earlier as Roosevelt entered his car in front of his hotel. He stood up in the convertible and waved his hat to the crowd. As he did this, a would-be assassin fired a shot from a Colt revolver at a distance of five feet.
Roosevelt’s stenographer grabbed the shooter by the arm and preventing him from getting off a second shot. The angered crowd began punching and kicking the man, and many shouted, “K**l him!”.
TR emplored the crowd: “Don’t hurt him. Bring him here; I want to see him.”
The crowd complied.
President Roosevelt asked the shooter directly, “What did you do it for?”. The man said nothing. Having no time for this, Roosevelt next said, “Oh, what’s the use? Turn him over to the police”.
The former President patted down his large overcoat and found a dime-sized hole where the bullet had entered. He then coughed forcefully into his hand to see if there was any blood present.
There was not.
Understandably, Roosevelt’s doctor told the driver to immediately take the president to the hospital, but TR gave him different orders.
He said, “You’ve got to get me to that speech.”
The rest is history.
slatten49 wrote:
Teddy Roosevelt was a bad-ass’s badass. On October 14, 1912, he was shot in the chest and still managed to deliver a campaign speech to a waiting audience.
Before he began his speech at the Milwaukee Auditorium, he asked the audience to please be quiet; then, he dropped a bombshell on them.
“I don’t know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot.”
He unbuttoned his vest to reveal a blood-soaked shirt and said:
“It takes more than that to k**l a bull moose.” (Bull Moose was the name he gave to his newly formed political party)
Not surprisingly, some in the audience gasped.
He continued to pull out the fifty-page speech he had stuffed in his breast pocket. The speech absorbed much of the bullet's energy; had it not been there, Roosevelt would have likely been k**led.
Roosevelt’s eyeglass case took a good bit of the impact as well.
Explaining to his audience what happened, Roosevelt continued:
“Fortunately, I had my manuscript, so you see I was going to make a long speech, and there is a bullet—there is where the bullet went through—and it probably saved me from it going into my heart. The bullet is in me now, so that I cannot make a very long speech, but I will try my best.”
Roosevelt then spoke for 90 full minutes, and only when he was done with his speech did he allowed himself to be taken to the hospital for treatment.
The shooting occurred earlier as Roosevelt entered his car in front of his hotel. He stood up in the convertible and waved his hat to the crowd. As he did this, a would-be assassin fired a shot from a Colt revolver at a distance of five feet.
Roosevelt’s stenographer grabbed the shooter by the arm and preventing him from getting off a second shot. The angered crowd began punching and kicking the man, and many shouted, “K**l him!”.
TR emplored the crowd: “Don’t hurt him. Bring him here; I want to see him.”
The crowd complied.
President Roosevelt asked the shooter directly, “What did you do it for?”. The man said nothing. Having no time for this, Roosevelt next said, “Oh, what’s the use? Turn him over to the police”.
The former President patted down his large overcoat and found a dime-sized hole where the bullet had entered. He then coughed forcefully into his hand to see if there was any blood present.
There was not.
Understandably, Roosevelt’s doctor told the driver to immediately take the president to the hospital, but TR gave him different orders.
He said, “You’ve got to get me to that speech.”
The rest is history.
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Manly!!! Good post slatt.............. he still aint as manly as you over a plate of fajitas
I was at Teddy Roosevelt NP a couple of years ago and there was this great talk on the life of TR. I thought the person we desperately to lead us now is someone like him.
slatten49 wrote:
Teddy Roosevelt was a bad-ass’s badass. On October 14, 1912, he was shot in the chest and still managed to deliver a campaign speech to a waiting audience.
Before he began his speech at the Milwaukee Auditorium, he asked the audience to please be quiet; then, he dropped a bombshell on them.
“I don’t know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot.”
He unbuttoned his vest to reveal a blood-soaked shirt and said:
“It takes more than that to k**l a bull moose.” (Bull Moose was the name he gave to his newly formed political party)
Not surprisingly, some in the audience gasped.
He continued to pull out the fifty-page speech he had stuffed in his breast pocket. The speech absorbed much of the bullet's energy; had it not been there, Roosevelt would have likely been k**led.
Roosevelt’s eyeglass case took a good bit of the impact as well.
Explaining to his audience what happened, Roosevelt continued:
“Fortunately, I had my manuscript, so you see I was going to make a long speech, and there is a bullet—there is where the bullet went through—and it probably saved me from it going into my heart. The bullet is in me now, so that I cannot make a very long speech, but I will try my best.”
Roosevelt then spoke for 90 full minutes, and only when he was done with his speech did he allowed himself to be taken to the hospital for treatment.
The shooting occurred earlier as Roosevelt entered his car in front of his hotel. He stood up in the convertible and waved his hat to the crowd. As he did this, a would-be assassin fired a shot from a Colt revolver at a distance of five feet.
Roosevelt’s stenographer grabbed the shooter by the arm and preventing him from getting off a second shot. The angered crowd began punching and kicking the man, and many shouted, “K**l him!”.
TR emplored the crowd: “Don’t hurt him. Bring him here; I want to see him.”
The crowd complied.
President Roosevelt asked the shooter directly, “What did you do it for?”. The man said nothing. Having no time for this, Roosevelt next said, “Oh, what’s the use? Turn him over to the police”.
The former President patted down his large overcoat and found a dime-sized hole where the bullet had entered. He then coughed forcefully into his hand to see if there was any blood present.
There was not.
Understandably, Roosevelt’s doctor told the driver to immediately take the president to the hospital, but TR gave him different orders.
He said, “You’ve got to get me to that speech.”
The rest is history.
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Good Post thanks for the history lesson.
slatten49 wrote:
Teddy Roosevelt was a bad-ass’s badass. On October 14, 1912, he was shot in the chest and still managed to deliver a campaign speech to a waiting audience.
Before he began his speech at the Milwaukee Auditorium, he asked the audience to please be quiet; then, he dropped a bombshell on them.
“I don’t know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot.”
He unbuttoned his vest to reveal a blood-soaked shirt and said:
“It takes more than that to k**l a bull moose.” (Bull Moose was the name he gave to his newly formed political party)
Not surprisingly, some in the audience gasped.
He continued to pull out the fifty-page speech he had stuffed in his breast pocket. The speech absorbed much of the bullet's energy; had it not been there, Roosevelt would have likely been k**led.
Roosevelt’s eyeglass case took a good bit of the impact as well.
Explaining to his audience what happened, Roosevelt continued:
“Fortunately, I had my manuscript, so you see I was going to make a long speech, and there is a bullet—there is where the bullet went through—and it probably saved me from it going into my heart. The bullet is in me now, so that I cannot make a very long speech, but I will try my best.”
Roosevelt then spoke for 90 full minutes, and only when he was done with his speech did he allowed himself to be taken to the hospital for treatment.
The shooting occurred earlier as Roosevelt entered his car in front of his hotel. He stood up in the convertible and waved his hat to the crowd. As he did this, a would-be assassin fired a shot from a Colt revolver at a distance of five feet.
Roosevelt’s stenographer grabbed the shooter by the arm and preventing him from getting off a second shot. The angered crowd began punching and kicking the man, and many shouted, “K**l him!”.
TR emplored the crowd: “Don’t hurt him. Bring him here; I want to see him.”
The crowd complied.
President Roosevelt asked the shooter directly, “What did you do it for?”. The man said nothing. Having no time for this, Roosevelt next said, “Oh, what’s the use? Turn him over to the police”.
The former President patted down his large overcoat and found a dime-sized hole where the bullet had entered. He then coughed forcefully into his hand to see if there was any blood present.
There was not.
Understandably, Roosevelt’s doctor told the driver to immediately take the president to the hospital, but TR gave him different orders.
He said, “You’ve got to get me to that speech.”
The rest is history.
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Thank you very much for that history lesson. My mother was born in 1902 and was a great fan of TR. I think she rated him as the outstanding President during her lifetime. If he had been k**led the history of the US would have been different.
slatten49 wrote:
Teddy Roosevelt was a bad-ass’s badass. On October 14, 1912, he was shot in the chest and still managed to deliver a campaign speech to a waiting audience.
Before he began his speech at the Milwaukee Auditorium, he asked the audience to please be quiet; then, he dropped a bombshell on them.
“I don’t know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot.”
He unbuttoned his vest to reveal a blood-soaked shirt and said:
“It takes more than that to k**l a bull moose.” (Bull Moose was the name he gave to his newly formed political party)
Not surprisingly, some in the audience gasped.
He continued to pull out the fifty-page speech he had stuffed in his breast pocket. The speech absorbed much of the bullet's energy; had it not been there, Roosevelt would have likely been k**led.
Roosevelt’s eyeglass case took a good bit of the impact as well.
Explaining to his audience what happened, Roosevelt continued:
“Fortunately, I had my manuscript, so you see I was going to make a long speech, and there is a bullet—there is where the bullet went through—and it probably saved me from it going into my heart. The bullet is in me now, so that I cannot make a very long speech, but I will try my best.”
Roosevelt then spoke for 90 full minutes, and only when he was done with his speech did he allowed himself to be taken to the hospital for treatment.
The shooting occurred earlier as Roosevelt entered his car in front of his hotel. He stood up in the convertible and waved his hat to the crowd. As he did this, a would-be assassin fired a shot from a Colt revolver at a distance of five feet.
Roosevelt’s stenographer grabbed the shooter by the arm and preventing him from getting off a second shot. The angered crowd began punching and kicking the man, and many shouted, “K**l him!”.
TR emplored the crowd: “Don’t hurt him. Bring him here; I want to see him.”
The crowd complied.
President Roosevelt asked the shooter directly, “What did you do it for?”. The man said nothing. Having no time for this, Roosevelt next said, “Oh, what’s the use? Turn him over to the police”.
The former President patted down his large overcoat and found a dime-sized hole where the bullet had entered. He then coughed forcefully into his hand to see if there was any blood present.
There was not.
Understandably, Roosevelt’s doctor told the driver to immediately take the president to the hospital, but TR gave him different orders.
He said, “You’ve got to get me to that speech.”
The rest is history.
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My kinda guy!
Rub some dirt on it, and get back in the game!
slatten49 wrote:
Teddy Roosevelt was a bad-ass’s badass. On October 14, 1912, he was shot in the chest and still managed to deliver a campaign speech to a waiting audience.
Before he began his speech at the Milwaukee Auditorium, he asked the audience to please be quiet; then, he dropped a bombshell on them.
“I don’t know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot.”
He unbuttoned his vest to reveal a blood-soaked shirt and said:
“It takes more than that to k**l a bull moose.” (Bull Moose was the name he gave to his newly formed political party)
Not surprisingly, some in the audience gasped.
He continued to pull out the fifty-page speech he had stuffed in his breast pocket. The speech absorbed much of the bullet's energy; had it not been there, Roosevelt would have likely been k**led.
Roosevelt’s eyeglass case took a good bit of the impact as well.
Explaining to his audience what happened, Roosevelt continued:
“Fortunately, I had my manuscript, so you see I was going to make a long speech, and there is a bullet—there is where the bullet went through—and it probably saved me from it going into my heart. The bullet is in me now, so that I cannot make a very long speech, but I will try my best.”
Roosevelt then spoke for 90 full minutes, and only when he was done with his speech did he allowed himself to be taken to the hospital for treatment.
The shooting occurred earlier as Roosevelt entered his car in front of his hotel. He stood up in the convertible and waved his hat to the crowd. As he did this, a would-be assassin fired a shot from a Colt revolver at a distance of five feet.
Roosevelt’s stenographer grabbed the shooter by the arm and preventing him from getting off a second shot. The angered crowd began punching and kicking the man, and many shouted, “K**l him!”.
TR emplored the crowd: “Don’t hurt him. Bring him here; I want to see him.”
The crowd complied.
President Roosevelt asked the shooter directly, “What did you do it for?”. The man said nothing. Having no time for this, Roosevelt next said, “Oh, what’s the use? Turn him over to the police”.
The former President patted down his large overcoat and found a dime-sized hole where the bullet had entered. He then coughed forcefully into his hand to see if there was any blood present.
There was not.
Understandably, Roosevelt’s doctor told the driver to immediately take the president to the hospital, but TR gave him different orders.
He said, “You’ve got to get me to that speech.”
The rest is history.
Teddy Roosevelt was a bad-ass’s badass. On October... (
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Teddy was a great President. He was a bad ass. When he went out West, he used to beat up bad guys in bar fights. He was the top cop in NYC, and went out at night to make sure that the cops were doing their jobs. He was the leader of the rough riders during the Spanish American War. It was a volunteer outfit that was made up of cowboys and tennis players, among others. I recommend his biography, Theodore Rex, by Edmund Morris.
saltwind 78 wrote:
Teddy was a great President. He was a bad ass. When he went out West, he used to beat up bad guys in bar fights. He was the top cop in NYC, and went out at night to make sure that the cops were doing their jobs. He was the leader of the rough riders during the Spanish American War. It was a volunteer outfit that was made up of cowboys and tennis players, among others. I recommend his biography, Theodore Rex, by Edmund Morris.
Remember this thing one of my history yeac6hers said sbout TR. He was on the ticket with McKinley to get rid of him. We all know how that turned out
saltwind 78 wrote:
Teddy was a great President. He was a bad ass. When he went out West, he used to beat up bad guys in bar fights. He was the top cop in NYC, and went out at night to make sure that the cops were doing their jobs. He was the leader of the rough riders during the Spanish American War. It was a volunteer outfit that was made up of cowboys and tennis players, among others. I recommend his biography, Theodore Rex, by Edmund Morris.
Isn't that Spanish American war the one you fought in? Good to see you remember that far back.
Weewillynobeerspilly wrote:
Isn't that Spanish American war the one you fought in? Good to see you remember that far back.
Yes, but after I fought in the Civil and Mexican wars earlier.
slatten49 wrote:
Teddy Roosevelt was a bad-ass’s badass. On October 14, 1912, he was shot in the chest and still managed to deliver a campaign speech to a waiting audience.
Before he began his speech at the Milwaukee Auditorium, he asked the audience to please be quiet; then, he dropped a bombshell on them.
“I don’t know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot.”
He unbuttoned his vest to reveal a blood-soaked shirt and said:
“It takes more than that to k**l a bull moose.” (Bull Moose was the name he gave to his newly formed political party)
Not surprisingly, some in the audience gasped.
He continued to pull out the fifty-page speech he had stuffed in his breast pocket. The speech absorbed much of the bullet's energy; had it not been there, Roosevelt would have likely been k**led.
Roosevelt’s eyeglass case took a good bit of the impact as well.
Explaining to his audience what happened, Roosevelt continued:
“Fortunately, I had my manuscript, so you see I was going to make a long speech, and there is a bullet—there is where the bullet went through—and it probably saved me from it going into my heart. The bullet is in me now, so that I cannot make a very long speech, but I will try my best.”
Roosevelt then spoke for 90 full minutes, and only when he was done with his speech did he allowed himself to be taken to the hospital for treatment.
The shooting occurred earlier as Roosevelt entered his car in front of his hotel. He stood up in the convertible and waved his hat to the crowd. As he did this, a would-be assassin fired a shot from a Colt revolver at a distance of five feet.
Roosevelt’s stenographer grabbed the shooter by the arm and preventing him from getting off a second shot. The angered crowd began punching and kicking the man, and many shouted, “K**l him!”.
TR emplored the crowd: “Don’t hurt him. Bring him here; I want to see him.”
The crowd complied.
President Roosevelt asked the shooter directly, “What did you do it for?”. The man said nothing. Having no time for this, Roosevelt next said, “Oh, what’s the use? Turn him over to the police”.
The former President patted down his large overcoat and found a dime-sized hole where the bullet had entered. He then coughed forcefully into his hand to see if there was any blood present.
There was not.
Understandably, Roosevelt’s doctor told the driver to immediately take the president to the hospital, but TR gave him different orders.
He said, “You’ve got to get me to that speech.”
The rest is history.
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Now that's a man. Thanks for refreshing my memory as to how tough he was.
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