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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (543783)	1/14/2010 3:08:42 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576601

"Do you have a "favorite Founding Father"? I sure don't." Benjamin Franklin en.wikipedia.org

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (543783)	1/14/2010 7:24:56 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1576601

LTed, I don't consider Sarah Palin to be a real scholar, but the answer to the question seemed legitimate to me. What's wrong with saying, "All of them" when asked on the spot who is her "favorite Founding Father"? Frankly, I don't think she knows who the founding fathers are just as she didn't know that the FF did not create the pledge of allegiance. Do you have a "favorite Founding Father"? I sure don't. Come on.......the last thing on my mind in middle school was who was my favorite FF. I was more interesting in making myself pass out with my friends by blowing into a paper bag, or trying to get some liquor out of my friend's parents' liquor cabinet. In fat, the whole premise is ridiculous......two adults sitting around a table trying to figure out who their favorite FF is.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (543783)	1/14/2010 8:21:28 PM
From: i-node	Respond to of 1576601

>> Do you have a "favorite Founding Father"? I sure don't. It is a very difficult question and it is hard to go wrong with Washington. Adams had the most integrity of any, including Washington, which puts him at the top of my list. And Tom Paine as well. The traditional list of 6 or 7 is probably inadequate as it leaves out such key Revolution era figures as Thomas Paine and Henry Knox, without whom the Revolution would have failed and who played essential roles. Franklin, of course, was the Father of the Founding Fathers. But he blew it all off later in life and had just a bit too much fun while the others were working hard.