[justshutupandtakeit]

Read Hamilton's Opinion on the National Bank of the United States. It is one of the most brilliant legal opinions ever written, a masterpiece in every way.

Hamilton was Washington's alter ego for a reason. Patriot to the core he spent twenty years as Washington's chief aide, friend and advisor. Hamilton's influence and policy were instrumental in the success of this nation. His enemies were wrong on virutally every point and used every lie, scheme and plot to drive him from power.

No American did more to create and ensure the success of this nation. Compared to his enemies, he was a paragon. No wonder Washington trusted and admired him above all his contemporaries.

It is hardly possible to be too appreciative of Hamilton's work and fight for freedom. No man shaped the future of this nation more than he. No man waged a greater fight to create an independent, united and strong nation than he. That fight prevented him from becoming wealthy and ultimately cost him his life but didn't stop his demonization by the scum of the earth, hypocrites and crooks.

[Grand Old Partisan]

Alexander Hamilton was ten times the man Thomas Jefferson was. Jefferson was what today we'd call a limosine liberal, and Washington would not even say his name after he left the Preisdency.

[Carry_Okie]

The very character of your unqualified assessment gives me cause for doubt. We may not share the metrics for what constitutes success.

Hamilton, witlessly or otherwise, contributed greatly to giving our enemies the tools with which to destroy, just as Bush, with the Patriot Act, has given Hillary just the tools she needs to institute a total police state. Consider the symmetry in principle, but not intent.

I agree that Jefferson was more demagogue than statesman. Still, the observations he uttered were worthy admonitions then, just as they are most often used now: admonitions against government debt (via centralized banking) and standing armies (overextended commitments to protect investors abroad), and admonitions for the individual right to keep and bear arms. Considering the land grabs we see across the West, the slow destruction of our children in public schools, and the over-commitment of troops while our borders remain exposed, you may yet see what ignoring those principles cost when (not if) those powers are used against the people.