dorksied (128 posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Aug-23-11 07:59 PM
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To the Conservative belief that the founding fathers were conservative
"As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community are equally entitled to the protections of civil government. I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality."
George Washington, 1st President of the United States of America
SUCK IT, conservatives.
The founding of this country stemmed from a group of people trying to escape the religious and social persecution and repressions of England and the rest of Europe.
The same kind of tyranny that conservatives themselves would force upon the rest of the nation by forcing others to do as they wish, taking away freedom of choice, or attacking other religious groups.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x1801783Hey moron, Washington was not talking about liberal as in tax the rich, and have the govt be our nanny, he was talking about liberty and people living free, something that modern liberals know nothing about.
You want to talk about tyranny and taking away freedoms, just look at the progressive agenda, progressives want every liberty we know to be stripped from us and handed over to the govt. The only freedoms you goons care about, is the freedom to bone anyone you want, and the unalienable right to murder the unborn, other than that you want the govt to micromanage every aspect of our lives. You goons would have called Washington a teabagger if he was around today.
Terry in Austin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Aug-23-11 08:15 PM
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4. No, the founders weren't conservative at all
Actually, they were fairly intelligent.
They were intelligent, in fact that is why they drafted a Constitution limiting the scope of the federal govt, sadly you and your ilk have eroded that document bit by bit.
former9thward Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Aug-23-11 09:54 PM
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14. To use quotes from the founders to prove liberal or conservative
is intellectually dishonest. The present day terms 'liberal' and 'conservative' have no meaning in relation to late 1700s politics. Anyone familiar with Washington knows that Washington used the term liberal to to mean representative democracy as opposed to the monarchy. That is what was meant by that term in that time period.
Next you will say that to promote the general welfare doesn't mean to hand out govt checks.
