Oh to have a nation full of such wisdom as written from the first and greatest President. How far the nation has fallen.
Oh, sure, there are plenty of nutballs in America.
There were fools and cads even among the colonists... And lots of them! Let’s not over-romanticize our past. Democrats have always stolen elections, for instance, and many Republicans have, too. Remember Tammany Hall? Or what about Lincoln? He was no angel. The last slaves were freed in New Jersey, after the end of the war. The “Emancipation Proclamation” only freed Southern slaves. And yes, politicians have always tried to buy votes with free crap.
Of course we have strayed far from our lights. My personal belief is that we are still paying the price for having imported slaves. Then again, some say immigration, like that of my own grandfather, is what did us in. And here we are, addicted to cheap crap from China.
At the same time, there is still much, and many fine souls, that make America great. We are still the Shining City on the Hill...
Which is why y’all haven’t left.