Did Jefferson deserve to be on Mt Rushmore?

[Katzndogz]

This whole point of this thread is so that ginscpy can advertise the fact that he didn't know that Thomas Jefferson wrote the Constitution.

Actually, the U.S. Constitution was drafted by committee...

Under Jefferson's direction and control with substantial influence by James Madison. Madison should be there instead of FDR.

 

[alan1]

This whole point of this thread is so that ginscpy can advertise the fact that he didn't know that Thomas Jefferson wrote the Constitution.

Actually, the U.S. Constitution was drafted by committee...

Under Jefferson's direction and control with substantial influence by James Madison. Madison should be there instead of FDR.

Instead of Lincoln.

 

[Sunni Man]

So long as they don't add any more faces to the monument...

Just give it a few years and there will be a huge push to add Obama to the pantheon of presidents.

 

[hjmick]

This whole point of this thread is so that ginscpy can advertise the fact that he didn't know that Thomas Jefferson wrote the Constitution.

Actually, the U.S. Constitution was drafted by committee...

Under Jefferson's direction and control with substantial influence by James Madison. Madison should be there instead of FDR.

As much as he could from Paris...

Madison is much more responsible for the Constitution than Jefferson, in my opinion.

 

[Katzndogz]

So long as they don't add any more faces to the monument...

Just give it a few years and there will be a huge push to add Obama to the pantheon of presidents.

Cornel West: Obama 'Obsessed With Being On Mount Rushmore'
Cornel West criticized President Barack Obama, saying he's "obsessed with being on Mount Rushmore" and is focusing too much on his "legacy."

“I think at this point he’s obsessed with being on Mount Rushmore, he wants to be a great figure in the pantheon of American presidents,

 

[Againsheila]

Washington and Lincoln are a given.

TDR iffy.

My issue is with Jefferson.

Not a difference -maker.

Jefferson wrote the declaration of Independence, he's one of our founding fathers? What did Lincoln do? Besides force the south to stay with the union, completely against the declaration of Independence...oh, now I get it....

 

[Sunni Man]

“I think at this point he’s obsessed with being on Mount Rushmore, he wants to be a great figure in the pantheon of American presidents,

Any non African American (code for white) who opposes Obama being included on Mt. Rushmore will be labeled a racist and a bigot.

 

[Dot Com]

 

[syrenn]

So long as they don't add any more faces to the monument...

Just give it a few years and there will be a huge push to add Obama to the pantheon of presidents.

Cornel West: Obama 'Obsessed With Being On Mount Rushmore'
Cornel West criticized President Barack Obama, saying he's "obsessed with being on Mount Rushmore" and is focusing too much on his "legacy."

“I think at this point he’s obsessed with being on Mount Rushmore, he wants to be a great figure in the pantheon of American presidents,

I agree.... he is very much about his "legacy"

 

[paperview]

Quote: Originally Posted by Katzndogz
This whole point of this thread is so that ginscpy can advertise the fact that he didn't know that Thomas Jefferson wrote the Constitution.

lol.

Jefferson didn't.

Boy, was that ever a dumb post.

 

[Sunni Man]

LINK to textbook; or just more of your typical liberal lies and BS

 

[paperview]

Jefferson didn't even sign the Constitution.

I will say, however, in response to the question of this thread: Yes, he deserved to be on Mt. Rushmore.

He was an important Founding Father.

 

[paperview]

LINK to textbook; or just more of your typical liberal lies and BS

 

[Againsheila]

LINK to textbook; or just more of your typical liberal lies and BS

Um, I think it was a joke....

 

[Sunni Man]

Um, I think it was a joke....

Knowing him; he was serious.

True story...........

 

[Dot Com]

LINK to textbook; or just more of your typical liberal lies and BS

LINK to textbook; or just more of your typical liberal lies and BS

Um, I think it was a joke....

 

[rightwinger]

No questions with any of the four

 

[Liability]

Why??

Washington was the first president of America - Lincoln preserved the Union, TDR made America relevent on the world stage.

What did Jefferson do ??

Aside from being one of the stronger voices for Independence, an articulate political philosophy for the Republic, and that whole Louisiana Purchase thing?

 

[Liability]

Jefferson was a slaveholder

Lots of folks were in that day and age.

And?

So was Washington for that matter. Consistency is not your strongest suit?

 

[Liability]

Nobody should be on Mount Rushmore. The deification of politicians in a nation like ours is a dangerous practice.

Monuments are not deification.