[RJS1950]

He is just echoing the sentiments and desires of his party’s founder Thomas Jefferson.

[allmendream]

Ummmmmmm. No.

Thomas Jefferson didn't want the Constitution to detail what the Government would do for you, he wanted the Constitution to limit the power of government, not give them a mandate for supreme power in the name of providing for the people or redistributing wealth (wealth is earned, not distributed).

[Congressman Billybob]

Number one, Jefferson did not found the Democrat Party. He founded the Democrat-Republican Party, which only existed for the eight years of his Presidency. Number two, it is a base canard to claim that Obama's views are the "sentiments and desires" of Jefferson.

What caused you to write such a statement.

Congressman Billybob

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