To: ovrtaxt
Thomas Jefferson. By FAR. TJ was a great intellectual and there is no doubt his contribution to the country cannot be minimized but his presidency was marred by controversy. That is not to say he was a bad president (if you measure him against most of the others he looks downright stellar) but I think the life of a politician was not for him. Personally I would put GW above him on the presidents scale and most others below him.
72 posted on
01/04/2004 8:45:58 AM PST by
Nanodik
(Libertarian, Ex-Canadian)
To: Nanodik
Jefferson was truly President of
the United States of America. Bush (and definitely just about every president in the last hundred years) is/were President(s) of
the People of the United States of America.
There's a big difference. It's why the best presidents are able to put principle over politics while the worst drift with the crazy polls and run their administrations the other way around.
85 posted on
01/04/2004 8:58:25 AM PST by
Xthe17th
("What is the use of being elected or re-elected unless you stand for something?" - Grover Cleveland)
To: Nanodik
but I think the life of a politician was not for him. Precisely. That's what made Washingotn great as well.
118 posted on
01/04/2004 9:55:17 AM PST by
ovrtaxt
(You got an extra Communist Manifesto? I'm like totally out of toilet paper.)
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson