Thomas Jefferson as Dubya Prototype


by Seattle

The White House is recasting Thomas Jefferson as sort of an early version of W. For example, they’ve changed him from being a Democratic proponent of separation of church and state to a Republican fundamentalist Christian. They’ve taken similar liberties with the biographies of John Adams and James Madison. The degree to which this administration will politicize everything is remarkable – but no longer surprising.

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