Guess that leaves G.W. B. out, his administration clearly doesn't support
any of those.
Jerry Krakauer
----- Original Message -----
From: "steve newby" <csp541983rx7@yahoo.com>
To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 12:31 AM
Subject: Re: [Roadsters] Founding Fathers
> While your facts are correct, and in the context of the time the
> fathers were certainly not "conservative" they do in fact represent
> the core beliefs of todays conservative movement. These are personal
> freedom AND personal responsibilty, private property rights and most
> importantly LIMITED government.
> --- On Tue, 4/22/08, paul hatter <jhatt@inreach.com> wrote:
>
> From: paul hatter <jhatt@inreach.com>
> Subject: [Roadsters] Founding Fathers
> To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> Date: Tuesday, April 22, 2008, 8:07 PM
> "The founding fathers were conservatives" is a blanket statement which
> is
> untrue. Within the political climate of the late 18th century the ideas of
> the
> revolution were not considered conservative. The founding fathers covered
> a
> gamut of political ideology. If they had all been conservative John Adams
> and
> Thomas Jefferson would not have had their falling out.(Adams refused to be
> present at Jefferson's inauguration.) The political argument was which was
> to
> hold more power, the federal government, or the states. The Federalists
> wanted
> a strong national government while the Democratic-Republicans wanted
> strong
> state governments. The argument raged until 1865. The civil war was not
> initially fought over slavery but, rather, which political entity would be
> more powerful. Incidentally, the Republican party was originally the
> liberal
> party. "Free land, free trade, and free men," you can't get any
> more liberal
> than that. Sorry about the history lesson but this is what I have been
> doing
> for almost 40 years. Paul Hatter
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