Who is your LEAST favorite of America’s Founding Fathers?
Why?
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Who is your LEAST favorite of America’s Founding Fathers?
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I'd have to go with John Adams because he was so outspoken against Christianity in America (even though he was outspoken of the dangers of atheism as well). I'd sort of like to go with Jefferson because he was such a hypocrite (******** with his slaves and having multiple ******** with them out of wedlock). All were brilliant men in their own right. We were blessed to have such brilliant and corageous men. :hatsoff:
Well, I'm not a big fan of Hamilton, but I have to go with John Adams. It's a sad fact that the 2nd Constitutional president tried to dissolve the powers granted in said Constitution with the ***** and Sedition Acts. Adams also had a royalty fetish, unlike Washington who opposed any move for the executive branch to resemble it.
As you can see, I'm not a fan of the Federalist Party.
By the way, as we celibate the anniversary of our Independence, it should be noted that it's also the anniversary of the deaths of both Adams and Jefferson, who died on this day in 1826. Both died as close, dear friends even though they both had opposing philosophies and were once sworn enemies. It's a really interesting relationship.
I knew I spelled that word wrong.
Favorite Founding ******, on the other hand, would have to be either Washington or Franklin. Franklin was a shear genius and Washington was a simple, great mind and phenomenal leader.
GregCentauro
Banned
George Washington. Because he contributed to global warming by chopping down the cherry tree. That tree could have stored several tons of CO2. I wouldn't be sweating like a pig today had it not been for George Washington, that asshole!
Also, his teeth were made from polar bear bones.
StanScratch
My Penis Is Dancing!
Button Gwinnett. Who in the cock sucking fuck goes by the name "Button"? Seriously. Guy had to be a major pussy. Oh yeah, he also organized a failed invasion of British East Florida (making someone else lead the invasion), so in my mind, that makes him the George Bush of his time. Oh, yeah, that "someone else" was a guy by the name of Lachlan McIntosh, who publicly criticized the invasion. Gwinnett challenged McIntosh to a duel, got shot in the leg and died three days later in 1777 - making him not only a major pussy, but one of the first Declaration signers to die. What a dipshit.
Jonathan Dayton. He went ahead and got himself arrested for treason after it was found he was connected to the Aaron Burr conspiracy in 1807. He was also elected to the House in 1789 - but did not serve for two years. What a lazy piece of ****! He also owned a lot of land in the Greater Miami River basin, resulting in the city of Dayton, Ohio, being named after him...so fuck him with a grown turkey up the ass for THAT one.
Edmund Randolph. He was the first U.S. Attorney General. So he was a lawyer. Fuck him. He suggested that the U.S. have not one, not two, but THREE Chief Executives. I mean...what the hell is THAT crap all about! Think about it...had he had it his way, we could have had Bush, Gore and Perot as a three-headed ******* fucking up this country. He was also one of the first flip-floppers, refusing to sign the Constitution because he thought it didn't have enough checks and balances...then signed it because he didn't want Virginia to look like a piece of ****. "Whoops" to that. To make him an even bigger cock sucker, when letters by the French minister had been intercepted by the U.S. in 1795, it was found Randolph had a hand in the minister's unhappiness with the States, as he had revealed disputes within Washington's cabinet. Washington ****** him to resign as Secretary of State (a position he had taken from Jefferson). He then went on to defend Aaron Burr in his 1807 treason case. What a cocksucker!
Jonathan Dayton. He went ahead and got himself arrested for treason after it was found he was connected to the Aaron Burr conspiracy in 1807. He was also elected to the House in 1789 - but did not serve for two years. What a lazy piece of ****! He also owned a lot of land in the Greater Miami River basin, resulting in the city of Dayton, Ohio, being named after him...so fuck him with a grown turkey up the ass for THAT one.
Edmund Randolph. He was the first U.S. Attorney General. So he was a lawyer. Fuck him. He suggested that the U.S. have not one, not two, but THREE Chief Executives. I mean...what the hell is THAT crap all about! Think about it...had he had it his way, we could have had Bush, Gore and Perot as a three-headed ******* fucking up this country. He was also one of the first flip-floppers, refusing to sign the Constitution because he thought it didn't have enough checks and balances...then signed it because he didn't want Virginia to look like a piece of ****. "Whoops" to that. To make him an even bigger cock sucker, when letters by the French minister had been intercepted by the U.S. in 1795, it was found Randolph had a hand in the minister's unhappiness with the States, as he had revealed disputes within Washington's cabinet. Washington ****** him to resign as Secretary of State (a position he had taken from Jefferson). He then went on to defend Aaron Burr in his 1807 treason case. What a cocksucker!
I knew I spelled that word wrong.
Favorite Founding ******, on the other hand, would have to be either Washington or Franklin. Franklin was a shear genius and Washington was a simple, great mind and phenomenal leader.
Franklin invented the lightning rod and never accepted royalties from the manufacture and sale of them. He did the same with the Franklin Stove. He respected property and property rights, but was extremely generous with his own. The royalties from either of those inventions would have made him separate fortunes.
His life was one of the most fascinating stories I've ever heard or read. Great choice.
But since you mentioned favorites, I have to go with Jefferson. He was a flawed man...an abolitionist who owned slaves, a man who loathed the Federal government and its power, yet purchased the Louisiana territory without Congress' permission...but his ultimate philosophy is something I think of as important as the revolution itself. Plus, I urge every American to actually read the Declaration of Independence. A document that, when read, remains as powerful as it did 234 years ago. Thankfully, the Founding Fathers picked the absolute right man to be its author.
I don't know about "lousy", but without a crackshot hillbilly to hold off the Brits and a gay Prussian to make Washington's men into an army, things would have went down much, much differently.
maildude
Postal Paranoiac
Yeah. And then maybe we'd've had a gay soldier on the dollar bill!
roronoa3000
Banned
Paul Giamatti
Ace Bandage
The one and only.
Fuck Hamilton! How do you lose a duel to Aaron Burr?
How do you lose a duel to Aaron Burr?Supposedly he did it so the king could read it even without his reading glasses. When you consider the people that signed it would probably be hunted down and executed if they lost the war, and they knew that, it was making a statement and also took some balls.
I don't know why I never thought of that. I think you're right! It was like a big 'fuck you' to the enemy.
The Grasshopper
was here
I have no vote although I thought that was funny when I first heard it.
