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And once he got into office, associated himself with the old god conservative Republican movement
塔夫脫上臺后，采取了過去共和黨保守運動的方向
and was not pushing any of this sort of progressive agenda element that Roosevelt so clearly wanted
擱置了所有進步運動的計劃，顯然違背了西奧多的初衷
So Roosevelt had been in Europe, he comes back and he's determined to get the party control the Republican party again
當時身在歐洲的西奧多決定重出江湖，再次接管共和黨
There're some primaries now, that's something to came in with the progressives
在初選時，仍有很多人支持進步運動
Roosevelt did extremely well, but Taft controlled the party machinery
西奧多獲得了很多支持，然而塔夫脫控制了黨內的選舉機制
Taft was nominated and Roosevelt rebels
獲得了提名，導致西奧多叛離共和黨
and then you get, well I think it's the most interesting election
也由此催生了一場非常精彩的競選
At least one of the most interesting election in US is the election of 1912 where you have the progressive party
是最精彩的美國總統大選之一了，那就是1912年的大選，這年參選出現了一個進步黨
Bull Moose Party as it's called a famous story of Roosevelt, saying he was as fit as a bull moose
即公麋黨，這名字原因西奧多的著名典故，形容他如公麋一般健壯
This was the campaign where Roosevelt was shot
西奧多在競選期間遭遇槍擊
right before he give a speech, The bullet went through his paper of his speech and lodge his very massive pectoral muscle
槍擊發生在他進行演講前，子彈穿過他的演講稿，射進他發達的胸肌
He pulls the speech out covered with blood and reads it, spends an hour and a half or so in his hustings
他把附在胸口的演講稿扯了出來，在演講臺上堅持用一個半小時讀完了帶血的講稿
And prove to the world again, he's as tough as bull moose
再次向世人展示了，他如公麋班剛強的意志和體魄
He knew he wasn't going to win with the Republican's party being split
他知道由于共和黨的分裂，他不可能贏得大選
but he wanted to send the election into the House of Representatives since what were happened there
但他希望努力讓大選進入到眾議院表決階段
