Roosevelt and Taft had known each other for many years within the Republican Party, and had developed a strong friendship with one another. This friendship reached a high point when Roosevelt endorsed Taft to be his successor in the 1908 Democratic National Convention; however, neither had the time to venture into the seedy world of rock music, for they were too busy worrying about getting elected, and such. Once the election was secured and Taft was successfully greased through the White House door, Roosevelt discovered that when one spends so much time actually getting things done as a president, life afterwards is a dreadful bore. Naturally, after he successfully poached enough gazelles in Mozambique to fill a dozen cathedral sized trophy rooms, he took up playing guitar.