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To: Hodar
Virtue and Gov’t have as much in common as a Haddock and a cowboy hat. Benjamin Franklin, was perhaps the first International Playboy. The joke at the time was that perhaps he really was the ‘Father of the nation”. No one questions his wisdom, no one questions his value as a statesman - but he made Pres. Clinton look like a choirboy in comparison.

Take your vile, unsubstantiated and calculated slander of Franklin somewhere else, shill. Franklin was a brilliant and moral Founder of this country. Clinton raped the Oval Office along with numerous women and the entire rest of the country.

Yeah, Hillary's going to run, but shop your support-crap for her on another website.

87 posted on 04/23/2012 10:14:46 AM PDT by Talisker (He who commands, must obey.)
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To: Talisker
Take your vile, unsubstantiated and calculated slander of Franklin somewhere else, shill.

Google is your friend, so is the search for truth. If you don't like the truth - well, that is your problem, isn't it?

As a matter of record, there were abundant stories about Benjamin Franklin's affairs with the 'ladies'. He, himself, often wrote those stories and promoted their distribution. Read, learn and stop calling people names. You look foolish.

http://www.constitution.org/primarysources/mistress.html
http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2522/whats-the-true-story-on-benjamin-franklin

It was rumored that he had several 'flings' while serving in Paris, as well as giving a friend of his a letter on advice in selecting a mistress.

Ben Franklin was a genius, an inspired leader among men .... but he was not pefect, he had his flaws - as do all men. You would do yourself a service to look up some facts on these founding fathers, rather than flame someone who has taken a bit of time to research them - as individuals.

For example, did you know that in the 1770's George Washington grew and wrote papers on how to grow marijuana? Some would argue that the crop was grown for it's hemp and as a soil 'stabilizer' however, that does not explain his papers on removing the male buds. Of course, at that point in time, this was perfectly legal, and there was a market for this crop (primarily rope and canvass), if you chose to believe he never smoked it, that is your priviledge; however naive it may be.
http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/thepresidentandcabinet/a/gwtheman.htm

236 posted on 04/23/2012 12:59:52 PM PDT by Hodar ( Who needs laws; when this FEELS so right?)
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