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To: C19fan

“who the other Founding Fathers couldn’t wait to see the back of,”

They hated him so much that they begged him to be King.


16 posted on 02/16/2020 4:56:01 AM PST by MayflowerMadam ("Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength" - Corrie ten Boom)
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To: MayflowerMadam

Jefferson did offer a toast at a dinner party saying “a speedy death to Gen. Washington” after the alien and sedition act.


23 posted on 02/16/2020 5:07:37 AM PST by rebel25 (GOD, Family, guns, and duck hunting, everything else is just noise.)
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To: MayflowerMadam

Yes. Washington himself came up with the term “Mr.President.”


32 posted on 02/16/2020 5:21:37 AM PST by 4yearlurker ("Professing themselves to be wise,they became fools.."Rom. I : 25)
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To: MayflowerMadam

The other Founding Fathers openly acknowledged that only George Washington could unite the country after independence. Yes, there was the typical political intrigue and infighting, but Washington proved that assessment was correct. I am certain this “historian” preferred the French revolution anyways.


74 posted on 02/16/2020 7:06:28 AM PST by ghost of nixon
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