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To: RMF who wrote (17745)	2/14/2007 10:25:26 PM
From: Peter Dierks	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

"he'd be an INDEPENDENT, with democratic leanings. Just like me." You are a comedian as well as a died in the wool liberal.

To: RMF who wrote (17745)	2/15/2007 12:27:36 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71588

His support of State's Rights was NOT an invitation for the States to suppress their OWN people Neither is mine. Neither is the Republican party's, or that of many libertarians. When he supported State's Rights he was doing so to counter-balance what he saw as a "grab for power" by the Central Government. Exactly. And the feds have since grabbed far more power than it was trying to grab at the time. If Jefferson were alive today, I don't think he would be a "liberal democrat" or a "redneck republican". Well I can agree with that much. He wouldn't be a liberal Democrat, and despite his view of the US as an "agricultural nation" he (like many farmers today) was hardly a redneck. But I'm not so sure his political views would be like yours. For one thing I don't think he would argue for a far weaker/smaller federal government.