Teddy Roosevelt in Rough Rider uniform.

I think I’ve got it.

I figured that Democrat Jack Franks was using Republican President Teddy Roosevelt on his fall fund raising pitch because Franks wants people to see the word “Democrat”next to his name only on the ballot…where he cannot avoid it.

But thinking about Franks recent self-financed trip to Cuba with other legislators brought this though to mind:

Didn’t Teddy Roosevelt go to Cuba during the Spanish-American War?

Didn’t he lead a group of adventurers to Cuba and charge up San Juan Hill?

As an aside, did Franks emulate Roosevelt’s charge by wearing a sombreroand a blue poka-dot handkerchief when he met Cuba government officials?

The resulting publicity propelled him into the New York Governor’s Mansion a year later.

So was the trip to Cuba, Jack Franks’ charge up his San Juan Hill?

Will it help propel him to winning Democratic Party farm family votes Downstate in 2014?