A closer look
Theodore Roosevelt was shot point-blank in the chest by an assassin in 1912 but casually decided to finish his ninety-minute campaign speech before seeking medical attention. The bullet was slowed down by a dense fifty-page manuscript and a steel eyeglass case in his breast pocket, lodging itself in his ribs instead of piercing his heart. Bleeding through his shirt, the legendary Bull Moose unbuttoned his jacket, showed the horrified crowd his wound, and announced that it takes more than that to kill him. It is a level of unhinged masculine theatricality that makes modern politicians complaining about tough interview questions look incredibly pathetic in comparison
