good point
On Fri, 13 Jun 2003 08:29:29 -0400, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One thing about Washington, at the end of the war, he went home, he did > not > attempt to take control of the country by force. He did see that the > military should not be used to setup a government. > > He had an opportunity to take this country down the wrong path, and he > choose not to. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Judith Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 11:25 PM >> To: CF-Community >> Subject: Re: Your greatest American >> >> Do we judge importance by their characters, or by what they did with >> their >> jobs? While Washington may have been a terrible general, he did lead the >> army that eventually made us an independent country. Lincoln used the >> slavery issue to his own benefit, and he was not the most perfect of men >> (far from it) but what he did had a high impact. I could see voting for >> Washington and Lincoln on that basis alone. >> >> I'm not saying that Jefferson wasn't a tremendously great or important >> American -- the question is whether his accomplishments are as great in >> their impact on our country. >> >> (Jefferson is one of my favorites as well -- more so than Washington or >> Lincoln -- but I also have to be fair.) >> >> Judith >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "jon hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 11:14 PM >> Subject: Re: Your greatest American >> >> >> > Thursday, June 12, 2003, 7:44:33 PM, you wrote: >> > >> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/wtwta/2959462.stm >> > >> >> > >> Please vote...Homer Simpson is winning :( >> > >> Homer Simpson, and Mr. T may be a sad commentary, but Lincoln and >> > >> MLK were NOT more important than Thomas Jefferson (my vote) >> ...pfft. >> > >> >> > >> The people who voted for Washington and Clinton are just idiots >> > >> because they probably weren't joking. >> > >> > LCL> Why? Clinton did a lot for the nation, while Washington's role is >> > LCL> painfully obvious. Franklin D Roosevelt probably saved the nation >> > LCL> from another revolution, this time a communist one, while >> Jefferson, >> > LCL> with all his very obvious flaws wrote one of the most important >> > LCL> documents at the core of the ideals of the nation. At least >> Ronnie >> > LCL> Raygun, Bush nor Shrub were on the list. >> > >> > LCL> larry >> > >> > >> > Clinton in retrospect was a decent president, not bad, not >> > excellent. The greatest American though? He isn't even in that >> > ballpark. There has been a lot of decent presidents. >> > Henry Ford would rank higher on my list than either of those >> > presidents, or Ben Franklin. >> > >> > Washington was a buffoon who only got to the the Constitutional >> > Congress because he married a rich mans daughter, and was a terrible >> > unqualified general who got a lot of soldiers killed. He wasn't good >> > at anything but dressing in that stupid fancy coat. They picked the >> > most harmless guy they could find, and made him president. Perfect for >> > the job imo. Definitely not the greatest American. >> > >> > I could understand why someone would pick FDR...he just wouldn't be my >> > choice. Definitely Top 10 though. >> > >> > Jefferson has always been by far my favorite, and he had very few >> > faults as far as I'm concerned. One example...while president he >> > examined every single patent application personally. Probably the last >> > president to even step into the patent office, let alone intelligent >> > enough to understand every invention. >> > He was the President that told American citizens that the second >> > amendment was their protection against the tyranny of their own >> > government. >> > >> > -- >> > jon >> > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > >> > >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
