FF ping
That may be true, but the man was a sh!t head (which says a lot about "Modern America"). Consider Mr. Hamilton's proposed plan of government:
http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/debates_618.asp
"In his [Mr. Hamilton's] private opinion he had no scruple in declaring, supported as he was by the opinions of so many of the wise & good, that the British Govt. was the best in the world [one must ask - what was he doing in America?]: and that he doubted much whether any thing short of it would do in America...As to the [proposed federal] Executive, it seemed to be admitted that no good one could be established on Republican principles [Hamilton was obviously a RINO]. Was not this giving up the merits of the question: for can there be a good Govt. without a good Executive. The English model was the only good one on this subject [RINO!]. The Hereditary interest of the King was so interwoven with that of the Nation, and his personal emoluments so great, that he was placed above the danger of being corrupted from abroad [oh, you betcha]-and at the same time was both sufficiently independent and sufficiently controuled, to answer the purpose of the institution at home...Let one branch of the [federal] Legislature [the Senate] hold their places for life [picture "Dingy" Reid & "Chuck You" Schumer serving for life] or at least during good behaviour. Let the Executive also be for life [please note - Carter is still alive]...[a federal] Executive for life... will therefore be a safer depository of power. It will be objected probably, that such [a federal] Executive will be an elective Monarch, and will give birth to the tumults which characterize that form of Govt. He wd. reply that Monarch is an indefinite term [how Clintonian]..."
Thank the Lord for Aaron Burr.
Hamilton was an insidious traitor who did everything he could to undermine the power of the new Constitution. He fought the limitation of the power of the federal government, he fought against the creation of the Bill of Rights, and he fought against staying debt-free. He was a subversive monarchist, and he did incredible damage to our country literally at the moment it was being born. And he did it with thoroughly modern spin techniques - every shred of his efforts was done in the name of freedom (a tactic that continues to allow his name to be protected today). Because of this he was literally reviled by some of the other Founders, and has continued to be reviled by many through history, up to and including today. In fact, he can be directly blamed for establishing the philosophical underpinnings of the legalisms which enable all federal overreaching, as well as the creation of the Federal Reserve. Burr was a hero.
/rant (but I’m not apologizing for it - he was a bastard in more ways than mere birth)
Yep, its ALLLLLL about NY...Like this republic would not have existed with their undying support and sacrifice to the Union...
(Steve rolls his eyes)
It took a lot of politicking and fake hair pulling to get NY to get with the program, and it was not because they had some great principle dissagreement...There were too many Torrey’s in NY society that weren’t willing to give up their loyalty to the crown...It took everyone at that convention to agree to split, before NY would join in...Such courage...
So yeah, give us your Alexander Hamilton...
I would prefer John Adams and even Thomas Jefferson over AH anyday...
Hamilton may be dead but his legacy lives on in ObamaNation.
Best regards,
...as a prime exemplar of that American opportunity and enterprise he so fervently promoted, he rose to be the country's second most powerful man. As Ron Chernow puts it in his indispensable biography, he served in effect as George Washington's prime minister and head of government, directing his administration's policy and molding the enduring institutions...Alexander Hamilton drafted George Washington's Farewell Address in 1796.