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To: Brumar89 who wrote (146251)	5/18/2001 12:38:55 AM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 769670

Thanks, I had not been updated on the documentary research.....

To: Brumar89 who wrote (146251)	5/18/2001 11:36:28 AM
From: Johannes Pilch	Respond to of 769670

I am personally about 95% certain it was Jefferson. The case is much stronger that he was the father than that it was anyone else. Additionally, though I highly esteem Jefferson, he was not a man who lived according to his maxims. He was no Robert E. Lee. He was truly the Bill Clinton of his age, vociferously hammering slavery at one time, but when pressed, as he was upon a visit to Paris, shamelessly lying that the slaves who traveled with him were "friends." Of course this boosted his standing amongst the anti-slavery French even higher, and Jefferson was quite content to let it happen. His character was volatile. For example, his behavior during Benedict Arnold's Virginia invasion became something of a sore spot for some of the revolutionaries for ages. When Jefferson discovered he was being attacked, instead of warning the others, he ran away shamefully clutching his valuables while instructing his slaves to bury all that could not be carried away. This behavior caused a formal movement toward an inquiry of impeachment against Jefferson in the Virginia Legislature. During the remainder of the war, men such as George Washington and John Marshall repeatedly asked derisively "Where's Jefferson?" Of course I do not rely upon this sort of thing to found my conclusion. I think the DNA evidence and oral history sufficiently does that. But these things show how the man could boisterously say one thing, and then do exactly the opposite thing. Jefferson at one point late in his life even advocated slavery, after years and years of hotly assaulting it. Of course, we must look upon this episode through the lens of his poverty and despair, but it again shows us how pressure could mold Jefferson to do things that were against his real convictions. I have no real doubt Jefferson fathered Sally's children.