Tom, I love you but your unbridled hatred of John Adams continues to amaze. You badly mischaracterize him. And your admiration for unrepentant slaveholder Jefferson contrasts this amazingly. Adams Prevented war with France after the XYZ affair, and even Jefferson admitted this. Adams certainly did Not have the Federalists under his contr…
Tom, I love you but your unbridled hatred of John Adams continues to amaze. You badly mischaracterize him. And your admiration for unrepentant slaveholder Jefferson contrasts this amazingly. Adams Prevented war with France after the XYZ affair, and even Jefferson admitted this. Adams certainly did Not have the Federalists under his control: Hamilton hated him and the Federalist caucus wanted war. Federalists in Congress created the Alien and Sedition Acts, Adams, as Gore Vidal has written, had the bad sense to sign them. Yes, and he allowed people to be jailed, to his discredit. Fascist? Nonsense! Your best example of a president getting us into war, and exceeding what the Framers intended, besides LBJ, was James Polk. You do not even mention that. Even the great Madison eased us into a war under Congressional pressure.
Tom, I love you but your unbridled hatred of John Adams continues to amaze. You badly mischaracterize him. And your admiration for unrepentant slaveholder Jefferson contrasts this amazingly. Adams Prevented war with France after the XYZ affair, and even Jefferson admitted this. Adams certainly did Not have the Federalists under his control: Hamilton hated him and the Federalist caucus wanted war. Federalists in Congress created the Alien and Sedition Acts, Adams, as Gore Vidal has written, had the bad sense to sign them. Yes, and he allowed people to be jailed, to his discredit. Fascist? Nonsense! Your best example of a president getting us into war, and exceeding what the Framers intended, besides LBJ, was James Polk. You do not even mention that. Even the great Madison eased us into a war under Congressional pressure.