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Beck: "So Governor, which enemy should we attack next?"
Palin: "All of them!"
Yes. He was commander of the Revolutionary Army, President of the Constitutional Convention, and nobody ever imagined that anyone but he would serve as the first President of the United States. His eulogist wasn't kidding when he said that Washington was "first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen."
But my favorite Founder is Washington's butt-boy, Hamilton. Also.
I honestly believe if you asked her, "Governor Palin, what is your favorite color?" she'd give an evasive answer. What. The. Bleeding. Hell?
/headshake
She should have said Jefferson, and used the words "states rights", "freedom", "rural", and "everyday citizens".
But hey, he was the "decider" in that situation, who needs intellectual heft when you can just "decide" and "lead"?
(Not knocking Washington - he clearly understood his role in a system that was greater than him - but Palin's choice of him is telling - even if it was just because he's the most famous of all.)
SP: All of 'em
GB: Bullcrap
SP: Well Jeter is clearly the leader
Or, you know, we could credit Madison for actually writing it and Hamilton for getting it passed.
Or we could just say that because he wrote the Declaration 11 years before, the Constitution was Jefferson's work.
Sad - if Sarah Palin had just watched HBO's John Adams, she could have had a smart answer to that.
Do these shortcomings disqualify her from running the country?
Name a single time in the history of this country where our president had to be quick on his feet.
Oh wait... never mind.
If it had been up to Jefferson, there wouldn't even be an independent judiciary.
Those who wrote the Articles of Confederation?
Those who participated in the Constitutional Convention? Those who signed the Constitution (you recall James Wilson or Nathaniel Gorham, or James McHenry, right)? What about the Anti-federalists, are any of them included (think Patrick Henry)?
Do the radical republicans of the 1860s get any love (the 14th Amendment).
Also Washington may have been the leader of the country and the army but he was not the leader of the founding fathers. He was an obvious pick for the first president as he was sterile and could not impose a monarchy. Many of the founding fathers disagreed with him personally even if they agreed he was best for the job. It's too bad we can't come to consensus like that lately.
But I admire Washington the most. Followed closely by Jefferson and Adams.
Madison sold me on bunches of points in the Federalist Papers.
And Jefferson's the one I quote the most. Between his blazing red hair, his carpentry, his devotion to science (all of them!) and his mastery of the violin, he's the founding father I'd most want to be.
I mean - for her anti-elite discourse, doesn't it make perfect sense that she wouldn't pick one of the book-thumping, federalist-writing founding fathers, but Washington, the "decider", who "got-things-done"? And didn't want to remain part of the elite, but went back to his farm.
I really think given her platform and view of politics and herself, it's a very good answer. I have no idea if she thought about that or somebody else thought about that for her or if that was just a lucky hit, but this wouldn't be my choice to make fun of her (esp. with so much to choose from...)
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Washington, however, kind of just stayed neutral on politics until he was President and only spoke up about supplying his troops
Since when is George Washington not considered a "Founding Father" ? Check it out on Wiki
WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE FOUNDING FATHER? Palin: Uh, All of 'em...
You CAN'T make this stuff up!
HOWEVER. If I were running for public office, you had better believe that I would become a history buff right quick. Learning would occur. Opinions would be formed. She has had a loooooooong time now to dust off her middle school social studies text. If she had any sense at all, she would have done so.
Alas, her unmitigated dipshittery continues.