tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-792313241862520060.post8758752271823446044..comments2023-06-11T05:35:47.689-07:00Comments on Letters to Hannah: A timely rediscovery of Aaron BurrJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02037654579970701695noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-792313241862520060.post-81245105840397929322016-01-28T16:12:51.238-08:002016-01-28T16:12:51.238-08:00In the 1800 election some states did not have a po...In the 1800 election some states did not have a popular election for President. In Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Georgia and South Carolina the electors were selected by the legislature. The Constitution allows each State Legislature to determine how it selects the Electors. And those States which had popular elections were of two types: a general winner-take-all election, or an election by electoral district. The tactical politics of the year had States switching formats to achieve desired outcomes. bvw_reduxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08899400034930761992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-792313241862520060.post-58720881657347319792016-01-28T08:18:23.155-08:002016-01-28T08:18:23.155-08:00"Burr's Republican Party ..."
These..."<i>Burr's Republican Party ...</i>"<br /><br />These days, we call Burr's and Jefferson's party the "Anti-Federalists", but *they* called themselves the "Republicans". And a major reason they called themselves that was to keep before the public's mind their calumny that the Federalists were monarchists who were secretly plotting to re-impose a king on us.<br /><br /><i>[Jefferson] was a weasel.</i><br /><br />One example: Jefferson was Washington’s Secretary of State; Jefferson hated Alexander Hamilton; when the two men offered Washington conflicting opinions on some matter of policy, Washington almost always went with Hamilton’s opinion (which was generally backed up with facts and figured and tight reasoning, whereas Jefferson’s was generally the opposite). So, rather than working to present stronger arguments to Washington, Jefferson began to use his position to secretly undermine Washington – he didn’t’ even have enough honor to publicly oppose Washington, much less to resign his position.Ilíonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-792313241862520060.post-26242824711890733062016-01-28T07:49:43.094-08:002016-01-28T07:49:43.094-08:00As for being "worthy of Jefferson" ... h...As for being "worthy of Jefferson" ... he wasn't much better than Burr; the man was a weasel. What we should aspire to be is worthy of a Hamilton or a Washington.Ilíonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-792313241862520060.post-53650902503381148052016-01-28T07:45:53.027-08:002016-01-28T07:45:53.027-08:00"The reason all this is worth mentioning is b..."<i>The reason all this is worth mentioning is because a lot of people have been saying that Donald Trump will be the end of the Republican Party. But someone who believes in reincarnation might easily be led to believe he was there for the beginning of it.</i>"<br /><br />A quibble: Burr's Republican Party is the Democratic Party of our time -- and its stripes have not changed since then ... it *still* exists to siphon off monies extracted from the public to well-connected cronies.Ilíonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15339406092961816142noreply@blogger.com