To: tpaine
Conservatism has always been defined by the base principles of our constitutuion.. Since "the base priciples of our Constitution" seem open to daily interpretation, I'll reject that definition. Give me some specific examples why Hamilton was not a Conservative.
52 posted on
02/04/2004 3:18:56 PM PST by
presidio9
(Protectionists Treat The Symptoms And Ignore The Disease)
To: presidio9; tpaine
Since "the base priciples of our Constitution" seem open to daily interpretation, ..... Epistemic eye-gouging and begging the question. The Constitution is written with defined words that have concrete meaning. The "daily interpretation" is the sphere of attorneys and other liars.
The Constitution means what it means. Hamilton meant about half of what he said; the rest was for consumption by the rubes.
56 posted on
02/04/2004 3:33:16 PM PST by
lentulusgracchus
(Et praeterea caeterum censeo, delenda est Carthago. -- M. Porcius Cato)
To: presidio9
Do you deny that the
Hamiltonians -- "distrusted people's ability to govern and believed in elite rule far more than the Jeffersonians?"
63 posted on
02/04/2004 3:56:13 PM PST by
tpaine
(I'm trying to be 'Mr Nice Guy', but the U.S. Constitution defines a conservative. (writer 33
)
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