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Michael Updike (updike@bug.cis.cat.com) wrote:
: In article <3n7b67$8j5@marvin.scsn.net>, sterling@scsn.net (John Thompson) writes:

: [deletions]

: |> 
: |> Jefferson, Paine and Franklin were not 'all' the Founding Fathers, but 
: |> they were the primary archetects of the constitution, the foremost
: |> thinkers in early America.  They were the ones everyone else respected
: |> and followed.  Look who represented America to the most powerful nations
: |> on Earth.  Look who wrote the key documents.  Look who got their 
: |> picture on the money!

: Of the three you mention, only Franklin was at the constitutional convention
: and he didn't play a major role. The primary architect of the 
: constitution was Madison and I think James Wilson was the most eloquent
: advocate of democracy at the convention.  During the debate over ratification
: it was the Federalist Papers of Hamilton, Madison, and Jay who made the 
: strongest case for the constitution. 


: --  
:   Mike Updike
:   updike@cat.com
