[DOC] [TLE] Insults abound in 2010 campaigns | The Daily Caller [PAR] Aug 16, 2010 ... (James) Garfield has shown that he is not possessed of the backbone of an 
angleworm, said Ulysses S. Grant, one president speaking ill of another. William 
McKinley has no more backbone than a chocolate eclair, said Theodore 
Roosevelt, speaking of a man whom he served as vice president. [DOC] [TLE] The Credit for Calling McKinley an Eclair - NYTimes.com [PAR] Dec 9, 1987 ... 28), citing ''The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt'' by Edmund Morris, asserts ... 
namely that he had ''no more backbone than a chocolate eclair,'' to... [DOC] [TLE] Political Insults: Cheap Shots or Do They Play an Important Role in ... [PAR] Mar 18, 2014 ... Theodore Roosevelt was brilliant at leveling insults, not only directed at his ... In 
1889, Roosevelt was appointed to serve on the Civil Service ... He said of the 
President, McKinley had no more backbone than a chocolate eclair. ... When 
Vice President Richard M. Nixon sought the Presidency in 1960,... [DOC] [TLE] 8 Real-Life Presidential Burns That Belong on Veep | HistoryBuff ... [PAR] Apr 21, 2016 ... Veep has built a reputation for its creative profanity. ... He wrote it while he was 
serving under MacArthur, so clearly, Ike ... He's about the dumbest man I think I've 
ever run across. ... [He has] no more backbone than a chocolate eclair. There's 
some dispute as to whether Teddy Roosevelt actually said this. [DOC] [TLE] Well before Trump, politicians hurled insults - The Boston Globe [PAR] Oct 7, 2015 ... Donald Trump has called Marco Rubio a clown and a baby. He ... John C. 
Calhoun was his Vice President. ... Teddy Roosevelt on President William 
McKinley: No more ... Ulysses S. Grant on James a Garfield: Garfield has shown 
that he is ... mate in 1988: People would say, 'We need a man on the ticket. [DOC] [TLE] William McKinley: Family LifeMiller Center [PAR] He usually spent his evenings playing cards with his wife or his personal ... 
Theodore Roosevelt, McKinley's assistant secretary of the Navy at the time, once 
described as leaving the President with "no more backbone than a chocolate 
eclair. ... over his fair-minded approach to life, almost anyone who had spent time 
with... [DOC] [TLE] 30 Presidential Nicknames, Explained | Mental Floss [PAR] Dec 22, 2015 ... The man behind the Monroe Doctrine was the last of the major politicians of his ... 
The bachelor president got this unflattering nickname after he said that 10 ... the 
Navy, said that McKinley had no more backbone than a chocolate eclair. ... This 
nickname was reportedly given to Wilson by Teddy Roosevelt. [DOC] [TLE] "McKinley's Backbone" by Hamilton, Richard F. - Presidential ... [PAR] Theodore Roosevelt is known for his forceful expressions and pungent wit. ... 
William McKinley--he "has no more backbone than a chocolate eclair." For much 
of the twentieth century, McKinley was portrayed as a man of limited ... Paul 
Morton, the vice president of the Santa Fe Railroad, had offered Roosevelt, who 
was then... [DOC] [TLE] Beyond the Bully Pulpit | Wilson Quarterly [PAR] Theodore Roosevelt famously used the bully pulpit of the White House to ... 
Privately, he mocked the president he served, who, to the exasperation of TR and 
his ... McKinley has no more backbone than a chocolate clair, Roosevelt told 
his ... the young lieutenant colonel had become more talked about than any man 
in... [DOC] [TLE] 26 of the greatest political insults in history? [Archive] - The ... [PAR] Bob Dole on George W. Bush: Well, he got this new globe for ... Assistant 
Secretary of the Navy Teddy Roosevelt on President William McKinley: No more 
backbone than a chocolate clair. ... they say, 'Is Boris a very very clever man 
pretending to be an idiot? ... He has not one single redeeming defect [DOC] [TLE] T--Roosevelt [PAR] One of the most effective leaders to serve in the White House?

Question: Teddy Roosevelt served as this man's VP & said that he had "No more backbone than a chocolate eclair"
Answer: William McKinley