Posted on 07/03/2011 4:37:15 PM PDT by gman992
Okay, who is everyone favorite founding father??
If Hamilton had had his way it would have been King George the First with little Alex the heir apparent. Burr did the nation a huge favor.
They’re all gods. Screw the liberals.
Gee-Dub.
The big man himself.
George Washington.
James Madison
“ We’ve staked our future on our ability to follow the Ten Commandments with all of our heart.”
I is me?
I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together.
What are you the Walrus? Goo goo ga choo. lol.
If Hamilton had had his way it would have been King George the First with little Alex the heir apparent. Burr did the nation a huge favor.
The funny thing is, the Founding Fathers favorite Fouding Father was Washington. First in the hearts of his countrymen.
An inventor, a philosopher, an entrepreneur, never ran for president & his image on one of my favorites currencies.
Patrick Henry. “Give me liberty of give me death” he meant his words
What a nice group to choose from, they just don’t make them like that anymore. Allowing freedom of religion was a stroke genius. Were any of them muslim?
Good thing they had a large pond between them and their adversaries or they would have been squashed like bugs.
No love for John Hancock.
It is funny how John Hancock is an afterthought, an asterisk in all discussions of the founding fathers, and generally never even mentioned. Even Patrick Henry will get a mention, deservedly. But poor old John Hancock never gets any credit.
The founders only thought so much of him that he was the unanimously re-elected to preside over the 2nd Continental Congress during its deliberations over Independence. I have a feeling that John Hancock deserves a lot more respect and admiration than he tends to get. Had Adams presided, I think we would have had civil war among the colonies rather than a new nation. ha ha ha.
The British thought of him enough to make him their target of arrest when they marched on Lexington and Concord. I know Palin must be threat to the left because they telegraph their fear of her. In the same way, the British telegraphed their fear of Hancock.
Not that I believe Hancock ranks with Washington, I just think he kind of gets the shaft in these discussions. Of course, you can go on forever about them, Patrick Henry, George Mason, Henry Lee, on and on...
What I wouldn’t give to have three of them today!
I think for sheer reach and getting ht epeople behind the idea of Revolution, Thomas Paine needs a mention. In a nation of 2,000,000, Common Sense sold 500,000 copies. In terms of market penetration for a publcished work, it still holds the record.
Steve Garvey
So am I so what
It’s a tossup between John Adams and George Washington. Both brilliant in their own ways.
I have issues with Jefferson. I would probably scold him for not having a safer stairway for the ladies (his daugthers, etal) to access the upstairs at Monticello. He used to be my favorite, yet having read a few books on him, I found him somewhat disappointing as a real person. He was brilliant with the written word, and very interested in all kinds of intellectual pursuits, yet as a businessman, he had little sense.
full disclosure, i’m named after george so aside from obvious.
i want to give credit to the anti-federalists who gave us the bill of rights with the constitution. thanks to their foresight, we still have a small chance of saving the republic, God willing.
my favs: Robert Yates (Brutus) of NY, Patrick Henry, Mason and Randoloph of Virginia.
Franklin fascinates me. I should do some more reading on him. I have a feeling nothing got past him and that he probably was good at sizing up situations and people. He seems to have been quite the diplomat.
Tough choice. Houston? Travis? Austin? Bowie? Crockett? I’d have to go with Sam Houston.
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