[rikkir]

That’s why I said until recently.
The Democrats have spent the last 45 years covering up their racism, and shifting it to Republicans.
That would coincide with your 30 year time frame so what was it about Jefferson they found so appealing?

Honestly, I don’t know, but I would love to ask some truthful 80 year old Democrat historian (I know. I’d have a better chance asking Bigfoot) to gain some insight.

[Wayne07]

I think they used to like Jefferson because they could distort him into a non-christian ("theist") who would have been the kind of guy to support the ACLU when they represented the Nazi's marching in Skokie.

Now all that matters is he owned slaves, and is responsible for founding the evil imperial america.