Obama and Theodore Roosevelt (Part II)

Despite bringing up the ghost of Theodore Roosevelt in his Osawatomie, Kansas speech, Obama has little in common with TR. Compare the two on the chart below.

                                                TR                                           BO

Personality	Decisive and passionate	“Doesn’t control the weather” http://www.drudgereport.com/flash1.htm
Famous Vacations	Bear hunting in Mississippi; lion hunting in Africa; exploring the Amazon	Luxury in Hawaii
Adversity	Biggest influence, his father, died when TR was away at Harvard; lost wife and mother on the same day; went out west to heal and engage in adventures and cattle ranching	A flighty father and a no-good stepfather.
Books Written	A lot of writing on history, ranching, hunting, and politics-- http://www.theodoreroosevelt.org/research/biblioworks.htm 1882 The Naval War of 1812 1885 Hunting Trips of a Ranchman 1887 Thomas Hart Benton1888 Essays on Practical Politics Gouverneur Morris Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail 1889- 1896 The Winning of the West, 4 vols.1891 New York 1893 The Wilderness Hunter    1895 Hero Tales from American History, with Henry Cabot Lodge    1897 American Ideals Some American Game1899 The Rough Riders 1900 The Strenuous Life      Oliver Cromwell 1905 Outdoor Pastimes of an American Hunter1907 Good Hunting1909 Outlook Editorials 1910 African and European Addresses  African Game Trails American Problems The New Nationalism 1912 The Conservation of Womanhood and Childhood Realizable Ideals1913 Autobiography History as Literature and Other Essays Progressive Principles Through the Brazilian Wilderness 1914 Life-Histories of African Game Animals, 2 vols., co-author with Edmund Heller1915 America and the World War1916 Fear God and Take Your Own Part  A Book Lover's Holiday in the Open 1917 The Foes of Our Own Household National Strength and International Duty 1918 The Great Adventure	Two books on himself-- 2004 Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance 2008 The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream
Sports	Rowing, boxing, hiking, hunting	Basketball, golf, collecting Republican's email addresses
Religion	Dutch Reformed. Served as a Sunday school teacher. Loved to preach about morality.	Belonged to (viciously anti-Semitic) Reverend Wright’s Trinity United Church of Christ. Rarely attends church now. Lit a Chanukah menorah two weeks early, so who knows what he believes?