Ideals of our Founding Fathers

Special to FreeRepublic ^ | 22 January 2009 | John Armor (Congressman Billybob)

[Congressman Billybob]

We need to poke fun of the Obama stupidities. They are set up for straight argument. But making fun of them strikes at their soft underbelly.

I started out to write a straight, logical piece. Then, memories of The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart got into my mind, and this resulted.

Sorry about that unfortunate image. But it's true.

John / Billybob

[kalee]

ping

[Neoliberalnot]

BO would do well to remember some of Mr. Jefferson’s quotes.

“The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.”
Thomas Jefferson

[rellimpank]

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[ronnyquest]

Nice. I hope that he who is not to be named reads this.

[Cicero]

Obama ought to understand the fact that some of the greatest of the founding fathers were slave owners, since he is descended from a long line of slave traders himself.

[petro45acp]

Thank you! This was a good one. Only by invoking the founders, and those with the highest of American ideals (David Crockett comes to mind in this era of obscene government spending of taxpayer dollars) can we hope to stop our full tilt at government tyranny over American life.

[EdReform]

BTTT

[1-Eagle]

Nice one, Sir.

Heres a great quote for Obama, and Clinton too:

"He who lives upon hope shall die fasting." - Benjamin Franklin

[Nathan Zachary]

"So, by shutting down the military tribunals at Guantanamo, aren’t you attacking, rather than defending, both the ideals of the Founders and the Constitution that they wrote?"

And violated the Oath of office you bungled just a mere day ago?

Isn't that grounds for impeachment when you swear to an oath to preserve and protect the constitution of the United States of America, when you KNEW in your mind that you had NO intention of fulfilling that duty, and proving so when you violated that oath less than 24 hours later?

Mr Usurper President? Mr. Usurper President? Hello?

[Congressman Billybob]

Obama opened the door. I just rushed through it, being cranked and ready to do just that. LOL.

Congressman Billybob

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[rivang]

When and where did this interview occur? Is their audio copy? Can you recaption the article showing Obama’s comments versus the interviewers?

[RetiredArmy]

As I have said, and will repeat for four years, Obama is nothing more than a Chicago gangland punk thug.

[Congressman Billybob]

Ah, my friend, thank you for the left-handed compliment. There is no interview. I wrote this the way Bob Newhart wrote his telephone routines. You had to puzzle out the other side of the conversation from what Bob said.

But I deeply appreciated your suggesting that it might be real. LOL.

John / Billybob

[mlo]

"We need to poke fun of the Obama stupidities."

I agree. It's the best form of attack. Besides, we need to have some fun the next four years.

[Dilbert San Diego]

I’m glad Obama mentioned the “Founding Fathers”. That term has fallen into disuse because of women’s lib. The politically correct term is “Framers” of the constitution. It offends the professional feminists to use “Founding Fathers” because it’s not inclusive of women. The fact that they were all men doesn’t matter to the politically correct crowd. Don’t ask why they think that way.

[beejaa]

I am currently reading “Jefferson The Virginian” by Dumas Malone. It’s the first of six books about Jefferson which eventually earned him the Pulitzer Prize. I unfortunately don’t have the book with me to quote from, but Jefferson came out against slavery (in writing) before 1776.

[Congressman Billybob]

I did not know that. How widely known at the time was Jefferson's opposition to slavery? Or was it just in a letter to a friend?

John / Billybob

[jla]

Dumas Malone's bio of Thomas J is the best I've read. Some of his biographers try to complicate matters by inserting their own opinions as to Jefferson's personality, or decisions he made. The evidence is clear enough in his own words and actions, as Malone wisely discerned.

American Sphinx by Joseph Ellis is good too, though some discount it on account of the author's bogus claims of serving in Vietnam. His book on Washinton, 'His Excellency', is also worth reading.

[beejaa]

I still don’t have the book with me. It’s on page 187 of Malone’s first book about Jefferson, “Jefferson The Virginian.” (I remember the page but not the quote.) He mentioned it in something he wrote, but his suggestion about the colonies wanting to stop the practice of slavery went nowhere at the time. It was not a letter to a friend. I’ll make a note to myself to bring the book the next time. (The book is at my mother’s old house.)