Your personal favorite Founding Father

Who is your personal favorite founder?

  • George Washington

    Votes: 15 9.6%
  • Thomas Jefferson

    Votes: 59 37.8%
  • Benjamin Franklin

    Votes: 15 9.6%
  • Thomas Paine

    Votes: 16 10.3%
  • Patrick Henry

    Votes: 18 11.5%
  • John Adams

    Votes: 5 3.2%
  • James Madison

    Votes: 11 7.1%
  • Samuel Adams

    Votes: 5 3.2%
  • Alexander Hamilton

    Votes: 2 1.3%
  • Other (Comment)

    Votes: 10 6.4%

  • Total voters
    156
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I thought this would be interesting to see. I have a really hard time choosing between Jefferson, Washington, and P. Henry.
 
I think my vote may go to Henry. Gotta love the guy who predicted that leaving the Articles would eventually lead to massive government growth (altho a strict reading of the Constitution would indeed say otherwise)
 
Hamilton and Jefferson butted heads repeatedly. Considering Jefferson is very similar to Paul in thought, I'm not surprised Hamilton wouldn't be very popular here.
 
Nctually none. The combined vision of all of them is what got the country on somewhat of the right track. It was the very antagonism of each other that created the seperation of powers that was the genius of the constitution. It has been worpped and pulled strained and streached but so far in human evolution it is still the best system for dealing with many conflicting interests.
 
Hamilton and Jefferson butted heads repeatedly. Considering Jefferson is very similar to Paul in thought, I'm not surprised Hamilton wouldn't be very popular here.
No jefferson would be of a neocon beliefs in modern day. Jefferson like the modern neocon was not satified with the borders of the United States and had visions of a grander country just like modern neocons are not satified with modern US bounderies and hav vision of a grander empire.
 
The national bank was more Hamilton's influence, not Washington himself. Don't blame solely Washington for it. And besides, everyone on this list is imperfect.
 
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