Not everyone admires the Founding Fathers

Oak Lawn (IL) Reporter ^ | 7/15/04 | Michael M. Bates

[Mike Bates]

Don't even bother. Some people are just idiots.

The late Larry MacDonald compared some liberals to a guy who walks up to you and claims he just saw a purple elephant. No matter how you may try to persuade him otherwise, it won't work because he's just too detached from reality to reason with. It's a waste of time, time that could be spent on persuading other, more cogent folks, of the truth of conservatism.

[ZULU]

"Well I am sooooo glad that my God says that the meek shall inhabit the earth"

Yeah. He DID say that. But he didn't say anything about what the stupid would get, unfortunately for the letter writter.

[KevinDavis]

Washington at the end of his life, got rid of some of his slave by making his plantation less dependent on slave labor. When he died, he had all of his slaves freed. Sometime ago I saw something on PBS about Washington with Richard (I don't remember his last name), he interviewed the descendent's of Washington slaves, most of them forgave Washington.

[VOA]

Not everyone admires the Founding Fathers

There is a place for those folks, just as during the times of the Revolution:
Canada.
Preferably as far due north in the Northwest Territories as possible.
No need for them to spoil the modestly redeeming qualities of nice places like
Vancouver, Edmondton, etc.

[Mike Bates]

.. . liberals have the clay all the way to the tops of their heads, including their well-styled coiffures.

I used to say they had $25 haircuts on top of 25 cent brains. I guess that needs revision to $400 haircuts on top of 25 cent brains.

[Mike Bates]

There is a place for those folks. . .

Yes, many of them are meeting in Boston in a couple of weeks.

[ladylib]

How many kids are going to wind up with gonnorhea of the throat because of Clinton's ....oh, well.

[ladylib]

They were fallible. But they were brilliant. Who could match them today...?

[Badeye]

"They were fallible. But they were brilliant. Who could match them today...?"

I think there are quite a few who could "match them". Then again, I'm an optimist living in the greatest country the world has ever witnessed.

[Protagoras]

Jefferson wanted a lot of stuff in the Constitution and Declaration of Independence that didn't make it into the final versions.

Most of the founders, Jefferson in particular would not be a fit for either political party currently in power. He would be reviled by Republicans and Democrats alike.

[antiRepublicrat]

He would be reviled by Republicans and Democrats alike.

You are so right. That yearning for personal freedom and a truly limited government would really get on the nerves of the two major big government nanny-state parties.

[Protagoras]

That yearning for personal freedom and a truly limited government would really get on the nerves of the two major big government nanny-state parties.

The personal and vitriolic attacks by big party lick spittles on this site provide lots of anecdotal evidence of that.

[Hildy]

If people believe there is nothing worth dying for, then there's no argument you can have with them. Somehow the 3,000 people at the WTC have been forgotten.

[Mike Bates]

Most of the founders, Jefferson in particular would not be a fit for either political party currently in power. He would be reviled by Republicans and Democrats alike.

One reason is so many people have developed an addiction to government checks without considering any alternatives. Look what happened to Barry Goldwater when he made a mild proposal about privatizing Social Security.

[Mike Bates]

I think there are quite a few who could "match them".

I'd be interested in seeing your list.

[sweetliberty]

"Not one single person died as a result of Clinton’s follies!"

Apparently this genious is unfamiliar with the Clinton body count.

[stainlessbanner]

Spare us your Yankee elitism, Heyworth. You are playing right into their hands.

[sweetliberty]

"Some people are just idiots."

Simple, direct and to the point.

[Frumious Bandersnatch]

But they were Men, with feet of clay, just like any one of us.

A tad bit harsh in your assessment, methinks. Sure, they had their faults and vices, but feet of clay? I think not.

[Protagoras]

Correct. The current crop of "Americans" is not the least bit interested in freedom. This site is filty with "government is the answer" control freaks. The Dems have no monopoly on that concept.

Individual liberty and personal responsibility is a concept sometimes mouthed, but never concidered in reality.

Only kooks believe in it.