[mandaladon]

John Quincy Adams was called a pimp, which he probably wasn’t. Andrew Jackson was called a bigamist, which he wasn’t, but his wife was, because she married him without realizing that her divorce was not yet final. Not enough to smear Jackson’s wife, opponents went to work on his parents: “General Jackson’s mother was a common prostitute, brought to this country by the British soldiers! She afterward married a mulatto man, with whom she had several children, of which number General Jackson is one!” wrote one newspaper at the time...........I guess political correctness did not exist then

[Don Hernando de Las Casas]

“The Founding Fathers” is a... troublesome? term. They were ALL great, all (6) of them (I believe it is 6) possessed of truly extraordinary qualities, but... they differed on a LOT of things and issues. This constant equating of them is nonsense. Their differences became STARKLY exposed very soon after the ratification of the Cons.

Also, JQA is NOT an FF. Andrew Jackson is an FF, so I’m not sure what the point is.

[tbw2]

I’m glad to see the historical comparisons like this versus yet another “Trump = Hitler” article.