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Fighting words for a New Gilded Age - Democratic candidates are sounding a lot like Teddy Roosevelt

  • Written by Jennifer Mercieca, Associate Professor of Communication, Texas A&M University

There was a Republican on the Democratic Party debate stage – a Progressive Republican who sometimes liked to “speak softly, and carry a big stick.” Did you notice him?

“When I say that I am for the square deal,” said the politician, “I mean not merely that I stand for fair play under the present rules of the...

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