Would you vote for Thomas Jefferson?

Would you vote for Thomas Jefferson?

  • Yes

    Votes: 19 63.3%

  • No

    Votes: 11 36.7%
  • Total voters
    30
  • Poll closed .
Cain said:
Well, I'll be the first to ask the only question that matters. Is he running as a Republican, Democrat, or something else?
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The Democratic-Republican Party, also known as the Republican Party (not related to the present-day Republican Party), was founded by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison in 1792. It became the dominant political party in the United States from 1800 until the 1820s, when it split into competing factions, one of which became the modern-day Democratic Party.
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You tell me.
 
latent aaaack said:
Yes but only if he has an affable tv friendly personality, occasionally makes one liner zingers, has a commanding presence and deep voice, and rock star like charisma. Also he better not come across as too much of an intellectual nerdy know-it-all that can't act like an ordinary blue collar average American. Come to think of it I only really want to vote for myself for president, screw Jefferson.
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You have hit a point which I think few will understand fully.
 
Whack01 said:
Our country was officially formed with the constitution. The interpretation of the constitution plays a role in every aspect of our government. The "founding fathers" wrote the constitution so their intent becomes a vital key in interpreting what the constitution means. If you prefer a more jaded view, the manipulation of their perceived intent is key to manipulating the system.
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Another great point that will be lost on most!

Cheers!
 
He used a slave as a mistress and fathered some babies.

Already lost.

But seriously, he wanted the US to be agrarian. Only Third World countries are agrarian.
 
Tsukasa Buddha said:
He used a slave as a mistress and fathered some babies.

Already lost.

But seriously, he wanted the US to be agrarian. Only Third World countries are agrarian.
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When you consider what industrialized labor was like at the time, can you really blame him?
 
I'd vote for him if he didn't place many annoying and misleading ads in the media ...

Charlie (and didn't troll for the religious vote) Monoxide
 
What was Jefferson's position on the gay community? Did they have those foot signals in out-houses?
 
steverino said:
What was Jefferson's position on the gay community? Did they have those foot signals in out-houses?
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"Whosoever shall be guilty of Rape, Polygamy, or Sodomy with man or woman shall be punished, if a man, by castration, if a woman, by cutting thro' the cartilage of her nose a hole of one half inch diameter at the least."

Linky.

:eek: Jesus ****!

Yeah, the Founders really weren't enlightened.
 
Tsukasa Buddha said:
"Whosoever shall be guilty of Rape, Polygamy, or Sodomy with man or woman shall be punished, if a man, by castration, if a woman, by cutting thro' the cartilage of her nose a hole of one half inch diameter at the least."

Linky.

:eek: Jesus ****!

Yeah, the Founders really weren't enlightened.
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Wow! Thanks for looking this up, Buddha.

I guess I would not vote for him. I do like this if it were applied to Uri Geller and Sylvia Browne:

All attempts to delude the people, or to abuse their understanding by exercise of the pretended arts of witchcraft, conjuration, inchantment, or sorcery or by pretended prophecies, shall be punished by ducking and whipping at the discretion of a jury, not exceeding 15. stripes.
 
No,Jefferson was a genius in many ways,but his performance as President was not his finest hour.
A great many historians have spent a lot of time exploring and explianing why ,though he was overall probably one of the greatest Americans, he was not a very good president.
The whole Embargo fiasco alone would be a good reason NOT to elect him President again.
 
BenBurch said:
If Thomas Jefferson were alive today and running for President, would you (assuming Americans here) vote for him?
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Nice try on the trick question, Ben. :D

According to the 22nd Amendment, he already served for two terms, so he is ineligible to run, be he 'live or be he dead.

22d Amendment to US Constitution said:
Section 1. No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once.

But this article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this article was proposed by the Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term.
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DR
 
Tsukasa Buddha said:
"Whosoever shall be guilty of Rape, Polygamy, or Sodomy with man or woman shall be punished, if a man, by castration, if a woman, by cutting thro' the cartilage of her nose a hole of one half inch diameter at the least."

Linky.

:eek: Jesus ****!

Yeah, the Founders really weren't enlightened.
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Well, by the standards of much of today's Islamist world...

dudalb said:
No,Jefferson was a genius in many ways,but his performance as President was not his finest hour.
A great many historians have spent a lot of time exploring and explianing why ,though he was overall probably one of the greatest Americans, he was not a very good president.
The whole Embargo fiasco alone would be a good reason NOT to elect him President again.
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Well, he got over his love of weak government long enough to buy the Louisiana territory from France. But yeah, his presidency was mediocre. He's on Mount Rushmore for the Declaration of Independence, not for his presidency.
 
I think it's pretty clear that Jefferson was able to comprehend, synthesize and apply the most advanced concepts of democracy of his day. I assume if he were alive now he would be able to continue doing it.
 
Diagoras said:
even then, I'm not sure an 18th century mind would be able to comprehend and properly deal with modern problems.
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On the other hand, he did recognize the core flaw in other countries: the lack of freedom. That remains timeless and applicable. A quick look at North vs. South Korea will demonstrate that.

"Modern" politicians tend to minimize it in their rhetoric, as it stands in the way of the typical solution touted to the electorate: "grab the problem and force it into reverse." Each "solution" = a law = a restriction on freedom. Jefferson's genius was seeing such a government out of control, with it's finger in everything, for the purpose of maintaining power, should instead be created with certain, limited powers, and none other.

A bunch of wealthy land owners had had it with other powerful men, and did something about it. We can be glad they did. Almost every politician since then has been more concerned with getting back to whittling away at freedom, in exchange for applause from the masses.
 
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Ryan O'Dine said:
A well-educated, articulate, secularism-championing polymath in the Whitehouse?

I don’t think we could take the whiplash.
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By the way, with the possible exception of Jimmy Carter (an engineer), Jefferson was the last scientifically literate president.

How sad.
 
shemp said:
No. He'd be almost 300 years old. I don't think he'd survive his term.
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It would, however, be mildly interesting to see someone who could be elected even though not being "born in the US", thanks to the grandfather clause.
 
If I were voting in the elections in which he did get elected, I probably would. If he were running today, it wouldn't be an issue as I don't think he could get the nommination of either party. There are canddates who have been forced to drop out of elections due to hiring undocumented workers. The alleged sex scandal may actually work in his favor however.
 
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