First, both the U.S. and the world were *very* different places in T.R.’s time (1900) than they are today. For example, at that time, the U.S. was not even a *global* power, much less the world’s only superpower, and T.R. didn’t have his finger on the nuclear button.

Second, to borrow a famous expression from Lloyd Bentsen: Sarah Palin is no T.R.

If you prefer “Alaska’s Margaret Thatcher” that’s fine with me. But the link between Palin and TR is a natural.