tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24766932.post8226612423096973328..comments2023-02-17T14:59:05.164ZComments on The Jacksonian Party: The Modern Jacksonian - Chapter 4 - The Perfection of ImperfectionA Jacksonianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07607888697879327120noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24766932.post-46828414563530433342007-03-01T23:09:00.000Z2007-03-01T23:09:00.000Zwhit - My thanks, my writing is imperfect but I d...whit - My thanks, my writing is imperfect but I do try to get the idea across.<BR/><BR/>It is hard to know exactly what the Founders would think of us, today... Jefferson, I think, would be aghast at the lengths people have gone under his banner and stretched his ideals out of proportion with his aims. Franklin would be a chronicler, and probably a vociferous one at that, looking out for the common man and putting forth for us to achieve good even when circumstances are rough... I shudder to think of what Washington would think of us, possibly just grind his teeth in frustration until smoke appeared.<BR/><BR/>They could understand what has happened, but wonder why we don't understand what they handed us, and that I fear the most.A Jacksonianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07607888697879327120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24766932.post-5707367678928499792007-03-01T22:44:00.000Z2007-03-01T22:44:00.000ZExcellent essay!As I was reading it, I couldn't he...Excellent essay!<BR/><BR/>As I was reading it, I couldn't help but wonder waht the Founding Fathers would think of our Federal Government today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24766932.post-70958458350303565882007-02-26T12:41:00.000Z2007-02-26T12:41:00.000ZTiger - Thank you for the visit!You may not find i...Tiger - Thank you for the visit!<BR/><BR/>You may not find it all to your liking, but such is life in these things... better to have tried and fail than to naysay and never build a thing.<BR/><BR/>Jefferson was right in that outlook, but we must also remember that he was in *France* for good reason: the need to build a firm idea of government would be stymied by high ideals. The Articles showed that, and now the time was ripe for something workable to be put down. The visionary was 'away' and that left those that held the vision, but had their feet on the ground to figure out how to get to it.<BR/><BR/>Today much of that dream has been lost by the bloody 20th century and the might Nation State. We are losing that dream of personal liberty to those inside and outside corroding it and tearing it down. It is sad to see so many denying that a Nation has place in this world... as it is the ONLY construct formed by man to allow liberty and freedom within its conceptual space.<BR/><BR/>And as Empire slowly rises again, the Sons and Daughters of Liberty bicker, as the shadow moves over them...A Jacksonianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07607888697879327120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24766932.post-34965877568379241522007-02-26T11:19:00.000Z2007-02-26T11:19:00.000ZTerrific site, AJacksonian.To paraphrase Jefferson...Terrific site, AJacksonian.<BR/><BR/>To paraphrase Jefferson: a government which the people fear is called <B>Tyranny</B>; a government which fears it's people is called <B>Liberty!</B><BR/><BR/>We are now leaning more towards Tyranny than not.Tigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04957481158914778546noreply@blogger.com