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politicat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 07:39 PM Original message |
What was Jefferson's political party? |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
1. The Republican Party didn't exist in his lifetime |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 07:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. I wish it didn't exist in mine. n/t |
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DavidDvorkin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 10:14 PM Response to Reply #4 |
28. Hah! |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
2. He was a Republican |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 10:26 PM Response to Reply #2 |
29. He was not a damn republican! |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 12:13 PM Response to Reply #29 |
41. He was a damn Republican. They changed their name later, however... |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 05:44 AM Response to Reply #41 |
51. NOPE! |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
3. He was a Democratic-Republican. |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
5. Democratic-Republican |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 07:58 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. Someone on Wikipedia says that Britain's Conservative Party is the oldest |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 08:03 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. It is, but there is a question of interpretation. |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 08:15 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. What I don't understand about the Conservative Party is |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 08:21 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Precisely. |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 08:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Upon further investigation, both can be true |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 08:10 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Yup, you're right. Officially, the Democratic party is the oldest. |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 08:17 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. It gets even muddier when you consider that... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 10:39 PM Response to Reply #10 |
31. The British parties evolved from earlier losely-organized factions |
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Donald Ian Rankin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 08:20 AM Response to Reply #5 |
37. I don't think they're the worlds oldest party. |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 12:18 PM Response to Reply #37 |
43. As I said... |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 12:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
45. Except Jefferson would not have embraced the term "Democratic" in 1800 |
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tammywammy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
6. He was a Democratic-Republican |
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B Calm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 03:25 PM Response to Reply #6 |
56. The Democratic Party is often called "the party of Jefferson"; |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 07:48 PM Response to Original message |
7. The Republican party -- ie. the GOP -- didn't come into existence |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 07:53 PM Response to Original message |
8. Googling around, answers are mixed |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 07:57 PM Response to Original message |
9. This thread is making me... |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 08:00 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. You're ok, though, right? |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 08:02 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Totally... |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 08:04 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. I'm glad to hear that |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 08:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
16. Good Luck! |
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orpupilofnature57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 08:28 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. I have a G.E.D. Don't let Shrub rewrite History ,and be Cool *.* |
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MzNov (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
22. Jefferson and Madison were our version of Progressives... nt |
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Poppyseedman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 09:39 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Not hardly. |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 12:16 PM Response to Reply #27 |
42. Can we agree on "pro-slavery libertarian progressive conservatives"? |
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MzNov (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 04:49 PM Response to Reply #27 |
57. No way. |
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MzNov (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 04:52 PM Response to Reply #27 |
58. they were the progressives of their time. Not libertarians! |
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UDenver20 (403 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
23. Federalist |
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Zomby Woof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 08:41 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Unless you're being facetious |
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Poppyseedman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 09:34 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Jefferson was not a Federalist |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 12:35 PM Response to Reply #26 |
48. Jefferson in 1800: "We are all Federalists. We are all Republicans" |
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jbm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 08:46 PM Response to Original message |
25. the concept that all people are of equal value... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-18-06 10:33 PM Response to Original message |
30. The Democratic-Republican Party, the ancestor of the Dems. |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 12:22 AM Response to Original message |
32. Democrats attend Jefferson-Jackson Dinners -- or used to. TJ... |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 12:24 PM Response to Reply #32 |
46. Well, we have to give him points for a *form* of integration, anyway |
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1932 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
33. Today, Jefferson would have been Dem and Hamilton a Repub. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
34. It's revisionism as far as I can see |
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cherokeeprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 01:08 AM Response to Original message |
35. Why does Jefferson's party count for a hill o'beans? |
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orpupilofnature57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 07:11 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Because he is seen as a Liberal force in colonial context, Hamilton |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 11:52 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Hamiliton would have despised Bush |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 12:32 PM Response to Reply #38 |
47. While I admire Hamilton's economic program, he has a dark secret |
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orpupilofnature57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 05:19 AM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Like I said,Hamilton was a predecessor of ShrubCo and his ilk. |
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politicat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 02:26 PM Response to Reply #35 |
54. Historical interest, mostly. |
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katamaran (352 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
39. FELIX Allen keeps trying to hijack Jefferson |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
40. Here's what Tom said about allegiance to political parties. |
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orpupilofnature57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 05:50 AM Response to Reply #40 |
52. Cool Quote ! |
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RestoreGore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 03:16 PM Response to Reply #40 |
55. Thomas Jefferson was an AMERICAN |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-19-06 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
44. From Wiki |
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orpupilofnature57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 05:21 AM Response to Reply #44 |
50. Like a Liberal Force? |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-20-06 06:03 AM Response to Original message |
53. I can take this one |
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