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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: DMaA who wrote (302231)	9/30/2002 10:01:29 AM
From: jttmab	Respond to of 769670

In those days people wrote long thoughtful letters. That portion is true. But if you recall. The so-called Constitutional Convention, was named a Constitutional Convention after the fact. The participants gathered there to amend the Articles of Confederation, not replace it. They were specifically told, not to write a new document. For example, you'll find correspondence between Madison and Jefferson regarding the Congress [formation of Senate and House] and Jefferson remarking how clever an idea it was. The dudes that get the greatest credit for the Constitution, IMO, are Madison, Hamilton, and Franklin. Ol' Ben F. had a rather unique role.....he conned the delegates into signing the Constitution without agreeing with the contents [sly old fox]. For the delegates that didn't agree with the contents, he convinced them that what they were signing was a document that was the consensus of the body, not that everyone agreed it was correct. jttmab