tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18602000.post8983899626438133671..comments2023-11-05T08:08:48.848-05:00Comments on The Bunburyist: "... I have been prepared to be shot."Elizabeth Foxwellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10151714538393844565noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18602000.post-1994035205016739462012-11-06T16:49:14.473-05:002012-11-06T16:49:14.473-05:00Given TR's Nobel Peace Prize (for mediating an...Given TR's Nobel Peace Prize (for mediating an end to the Russo-Japanese war) and friendship with Henry Cabot Lodge, he would have been far more likely to achieve the US entry into the League of Nations and accomplish far more than Wilson at Versailles. Elizabeth Foxwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10151714538393844565noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18602000.post-39162662507768059422012-11-06T07:36:23.313-05:002012-11-06T07:36:23.313-05:00As I recall, TR referred to his would-be assassin ...As I recall, TR referred to his would-be assassin as "You miserable creature"...I'm not TR's biggest fan, but his second-place finish, to Woodrow Wilson that year, was perhaps not the best alternative for the rest of the world, even given TR's bellicosity...not less than Wilson's (in every way) waspish resentment and bully's instincts.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.com