Well, Washington would be my top pick, but not for any huge "political" reasons, as I don't really look at the founding fathers as people that I "look up to" as I don't know them. I respect greatly what they did with the constitution and the way they predicted our current issues. Trying to figure out who someone was, when they lived so far in the past is difficult as peoples perceptions change so drastically over time.

 

For example, today everyone thinks that the original founders weren't "religious"... Which is ridiculous based on the study that http://wallbuilders.com - wallbuilders has done.

 

So mostly we hear and read what people want us to hear and read... So it is hard to take anything seriously as we can't talk to these people ourselves. And to me, it is hard to get a grasp on someone without at least talking to them face to face, to find out if they are what they say they are.

 

Perceptions are not reality. Especially perceptions based on the written word of others.

 

 

Instead of attacking, why don't you ask me what I mean? Naa, that would take away your fun wouldn't it. The goal is to demean and diminish your political opponent in all circumstances... Not try to understand their viewpoints.

 

No wonder we have such a huge political divide today. Just as there has always been. People just want to lump everyone they disagree with into certain groups.

 

I get it, I do it as well to a degree.

 

 

 

but, to say we can't understand Obama without meeting him face to face... Is silly, we do meet him face to face. In a medium that wasn't available when our founding fathers were here.

 

TV and video

 

Obama has been on TV more than any president in History. Trust me, TV does a good job of letting you hear, AND see what they are saying. And he puts most of it on his white house website.

 

Obama lies on TV all the time, when he is talking to "me". For example this week, he was on TV talking about Egypt, and he was interviewed by O'Reilly before the super bowl.

 

In both interviews he lied multiple times. The media in our country, who used to have to interview politicians and then let us know what we needed to know as there was no mass coverage of politicians then held a more important job. Today, they are margenilized as they cover for him, and don't call out his obvious lies.

 

Here are some of the doozies he told.

 

He didn't raise taxes once.

 

Oh really? I seem to remember a massive tobacco tax, tanning booth tax, and OBAMACARE. Which his lawyers have said is a "Tax".

 

and that was right after he said he didn't want to redistribute wealth...

 

Another lie.

 

Because in the same week he told the chamber of commerce (also on video) that he wants corporations to "share their profits with their workers".

 

http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/video/2011/02/07/president-obama-addresses-us-chamber-commerce - http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/video/2011/02/07/president-obama-addresses-us-chamber-commerce

 

wait... isn't that by definition redistribution?

 

Or the whole Egypt had a peaceful protest, not one shot fired, ect. Obviouse lies.

 

http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/video/2011/02/11/president-obama-historic-day-egypt - http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/video/2011/02/11/president-obama-historic-day-egypt

 

So with video, we can "meet" and understand people we never will have access to in the past. And future generations will be able to look back with clarity and see the lies told for themselves... So they can make proper judgements about their history and the players in it.

That took  . . . 14 hours? 

I'll make sure to check back in this thread later for a few Youtube videos and links from WND.