A poll finds that Republicans would choose George W. Bush over George Washington by a two to one margin. A scary indication of the sheep-like mindset of the majority party.
It also indicates that most Americans are pretty clueless about Washington’s era.
No wonder rightist often try to frame arguments around what they claim the founding fathers intended–most Americans don’t have a clue whether whether the pundits are telling the truth or not. So they can say whatever they want and most people won’t know the difference.
Yes… I know… all Americans are stupid. It’s the most common liberal argument. Maybe Americans aren’t sure that George Washington would know how to protect us from terrorism… but they know George W. Bush has made us safe since 9/11.
Kind of difficult to imagine Dubya crossing the Potomac in the middle of winter.
Yeah. Imagine Washington leaving Valley Forge because he “worked it out with the military” to leave and go to business school.