[Dave S]

You bring a lot of credibility to this debate when you show up with the screen name of a Democrat.

This is my nomination for the dumbest thing anyone has said on this forum today, maybe ever.

Well I will grant he was a founding father but why a Democrat? Obviously your screen name would have been even dumber if it had been George McGovern or FDR but Thomas Jefferson was an early member of the Democratic party, the party of Gore, Clinton, Dukakis, Johnson, and Kennedy. But since you are not a Republican you could care less. What .0005% party do you belong to?

[Diddle E. Squat]

Ronald Reagan started out as a Democrat.

Maybe a little research and moving beyond a 1st grade analysis would be a good thing before posting.

[SteamshipTime]

Ever hear of a Democrat named Grover Cleveland? He once vetoed a bill providing $50,000 for drought relief in Texas. President Cleveland held that Congress had no constitutional authority for such a disbursement since the general welfare clause only modified the enumerated powers--it was not itself an enumerated power.

Grover Cleveland (D) served four terms as president. George Bush (R) wouldn't be fit to carry Cleveland's water.

[Protagoras]

Well I will grant he was a founding father but why a Democrat?

He was a member of the "Democratic Republican" Party. Look it up. The Republican party of today would do well to mirror the ideals of Jefferson. And most Republicans of a few years ago would be the first to advocate that. Today, many of them are Democrats in disguise who aren't in the least bit interested in the founder's ideals.

You need to study up before you talk.