Wasn't Lafayette a rich French viscount? Sort of supports the rich white guy idea doesn't it.
larry On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 10:43:58 -0600, Russel Madere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'll admit that they were rich white guys, but I'm from Louisiana and > had ancestors who fought with Lafayette's troops. > > > > Russel Madere > Webmaster > 504.832.9835 > SunShine Pages by EATEL > www.sunshinepages.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 10:41 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: nws - now *this* guy is upset. > > Remember Russel, most of the founding fathers were rich white guys who > didn't want to pay for a war they had been agitating for. They weren't > going to let the peons vote if they could help it. If it were not for > those founders from New England, there's still be some major > restrictions on who could vote - in other words it would still be rich > white guys. > > larry > > On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 10:20:26 -0600, Russel Madere > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If Thomas Jefferson and our other Founding Fathers had that attitude > we > > would be sipping tea every afternoon and singing "God Save The King." > > > > It does matter because it is MY vote. I don't care if my candidate > > hasn't a snowball's chance to be elected. I voted. I made my opinion > > known. > > > > Do some research. The Libertarian Party is getting more official > > elected in local and state elections than before. There is a ground > > swell and a viable national candidate is coming. It may not happen > this > > decade, but it will. > > > > > > > > Russel Madere > > Webmaster > > 504.832.9835 > > SunShine Pages by EATEL > > www.sunshinepages.com > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:136160 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
