Wow. It turns out Thomas Jefferson was a jerk.

[grouchyoldcoot]

I found this blog entry very informative- tongodeon provides some context for Jefferson's famous quote about watering the tree of liberty with blood. I would have expected it to make Jefferson look more reasonable, but nooooo.

Comments

[baronalejandro]

Nope. I'm down. We still occasionally need those.

[byronhaverford]

I wish that all the jerks currently in politics could express themselves as well as Mr. Jefferson did.