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Re: Anyone else interested in watching the Ken Burns' documentary The Roosevelts? PBS tonight

I watched part of the series Sunday night. It was fsscinating. I didn't know Teddy Roosevelt was so manic.
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Re: Anyone else interested in watching the Ken Burns' documentary The Roosevelts? PBS tonight

i watched it last night and enjoyed it though I thought they jumped back & forth between Teddy and FDR some which was confusing.

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On 9/15/2014 happy housewife said:

i watched it last night and enjoyed it though I thought they jumped back & forth between Teddy and FDR some which was confusing.

I actually enjoyed it when they introduced Eleanor and how she was related to TR and FDR.

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Re: Anyone else interested in watching the Ken Burns' documentary The Roosevelts? PBS tonight

I dvr'd this too and watched a little of it but had to usurp it for Big Brother. Will finish it later today.

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Re: Anyone else interested in watching the Ken Burns' documentary The Roosevelts? PBS tonight

Tonight was excellent !

I'm loving Eleanor more than ever. her influence on FDR was immense. Without her there'd be no New Deal.

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Re: Anyone else interested in watching the Ken Burns' documentary The Roosevelts? PBS tonight

On 9/15/2014 NoelSeven said:
On 9/15/2014 terrier3 said:
On 9/15/2014 NoelSeven said:

Does anyone have an idea why Teddy enjoyed killing so much? He started with animals & birds, which is pretty creepy.

A lot of people back then had collections of taxidermy. Birds, foxes, squirrels, butterflies under glass.

Even Martha Stewart, a big antiques collector, has cloches with stuffed birds.

It was a different mindset back then.

I am looking forward to TRs progressive reforms...that should be coming tonight.

Yes, I realize that, but he was so into it, not only killing them but doing his own taxidermy, and then enjoyed killing men during the Spanish-American war. That pattern is a red flag, as you know.

And he was a Republican, which I think is your real problem, objection, whatever.
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On 9/15/2014 happy housewife said:

i watched it last night and enjoyed it though I thought they jumped back & forth between Teddy and FDR some which was confusing.

I felt that, too. There was a lot going on in the house at the same time which was distracting and made it worse.
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How sad it was for Eleanor Smiley Sad
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Noel, I felt sad for Eleanor too.

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Re: Anyone else interested in watching the Ken Burns' documentary The Roosevelts? PBS tonight

Watched it last night. I enjoyed it much more than the first night.