Great Men of the English Speaking World: Churchill and T. Roosevelt

Winston Churchill: Great English patriot, leader, writer. Evan as a youngster, I was aware of the bigness of this man as he played a major role in the salvation of England from Hitler and the Germans but then had to pretty much stand by as the British Empire became but a whisper of what it used to be. But mostly I remember him as a writer having enjoyed his six volume set on the Second World War.

Teddy Roosevelt: Great American patriot, leader, writer. A Progressive Republican who gained the presidency when William McKinley was assassinated. A man of many interests and unbounded energy. And, something I didn't realize, he was the first president to call for universal health care, or so the linked article from wikipedia.com says.

I was reminded of these two great men by an item at tpm.com that referred to a John McCain web ad noted here that had clips of Churchill and Roosevelt interspersed with clips of both a young McCain and the current McCain. The three of them are all politicians for sure and I guess the maverickee side of McCain could be compared with the progressiveness of Roosevelt. Don't know if anybody considers McCain a good or great writer; the other two were both very good and very prolific writers.

Interesting stuff. Going out to the golf course for a look see and a walk.