tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9506140.post1809840453134025119..comments2024-03-22T03:22:38.270-04:00Comments on Elektratig: Thomas Jefferson says, "Ouch!"Elektratighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05703096671081292287noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9506140.post-10157538744204199622009-10-19T13:33:34.293-04:002009-10-19T13:33:34.293-04:00Patrick,
I actually just ordered yesterday a coup...Patrick,<br /><br />I actually just ordered yesterday a couple of books on Jefferson's foreign economic policy and the embargo in particular. I will bear your observation in mind as I read them. That said, I will need some convincing, since I think it is fair to note that both Gordon Wood and Leonard W. Levy (Jefferson and Civil Liberties: The Darker Side) portray Jefferson as the driving force behind the embargo and the abuses that accompanied it. I may try to go back and pluck out a quote or two if I have the time later in the week.Elektratighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05703096671081292287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9506140.post-12665279523476679172009-10-19T10:22:08.398-04:002009-10-19T10:22:08.398-04:00As one who has portrayed Thomas Jefferson professi...As one who has portrayed Thomas Jefferson professionally to convention audiences from Boston to Honolulu for almost 20 years, may I offer another view?<br /><br />While Jefferson favored the embargo, it was the Congress which authorized it. Jefferson, as President, was simply doing what the executive is supposed to do: Carry out the laws enacted by the people's representatives.<br /><br />To categorize the embargo as something solely and exclusively as Jefferson's doing is to misunderstand the whole issue.Patrick Leehttp://www.patricklee.comnoreply@blogger.com