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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (212976)	12/29/2012 12:41:47 PM
From: Alex MG	1 Recommendation Respond to of 542534

probably Teddy... FDR didn't start out as a progressive if I remember correctly... it seems Eleanor was a big influence on him Teddy Roosevelt belonged to a short-lived 1912 progressive party nicknamed The Bull Moose Party. Their platform was this: A National Health Service to include all existing government medical agencies. Social insurance, to provide for the elderly, the unemployed, and the disabled Limited injunctions in strikes A minimum wage law for women An eight hour workday A federal securities commission Farm relief Workers’ compensation for work-related injuries An inheritance tax A Constitutional amendment to allow a Federal income tax

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (212976)	12/29/2012 12:46:20 PM
From: Alex MG	Respond to of 542534

TR the BAMF ”Ladies and gentlemen, I don’t know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot; but it takes more than that to kill a Bull Moose!” October 14, 1912 Theodore Roosevelt was shot in the chest at close-range by saloonkeeper John Schrank while campaigning in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The bullet became lodged in his chest only after penetrating his steel eyeglass case and passing through the 50-page folded copy of the speech he was carrying in his jacket. Instead of immediately going to the hospital, he delivered his scheduled speech with blood seeping into his shirt, speaking for 90 minutes total. Roosevelt carried the bullet in his chest for the remainder of his life.