Yet if Jefferson were alive today, we would have Freepers bashing him as a neo-con and a RINO for sending the Marines to Tripoli to defeat Islamic Pirates and going against his ideological beliefs buy spending Govt $$$ to buy the Louisiana Purchase and send out Louis and Clark to expore it.
My personal favorite in the Founding Fathers. Several of my tea party signs bore his quotes......
I respectfully doubt your premise.
They might also mention he charged his Vice President with treason after the latter (Aaron Burr) took him up on his advice.