Adams or Jefferson?

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[TexasTowelie]

1. Samuel Adams.

[no bs joe]

3. Bud Weiser

[Bucky]

2. Gomez

[Ken Burch]

11. Fester

[CaliDreaming]

4. Louisiana

Jefferson due to the Louisiana Purchase, I suppose.

[gagelle]

5. Which Adams?

Hello All.
I'm a new member.
I'd like to know which President Adams the poll represents? There were two President Adams: John Adams and John Quincy Adams, the 6th President. The difference between their political orientation is like night and day.

[rzemanfl]

6. Welcome to DU. You gave me a thought. In cities that name their streets after

Presidents, what do they do about these two? I have no idea.

[gopiscrap]

7. welcome to DU

[Rhiannon12866]

8. Good question. I'm guessing it's John Adams since he was a friend and close contemporary of Jefferson

They even died on the same day. I'm not sure you'll get an answer from the member who posted this poll since it was from 2015.

Welcome to DU! We're glad to have you with us!

[Ken Burch]

12. Of the two Adamses, I'd take John Quincy over John

John Quincy wasn't a great president(though I do respect his willingness to finance an expedition to the center of the Earth to find and defeat the Mole Men), but he had an exemplary post-presidential career, serving as a member of Congress 'til his death, representing the Amistad defendants in court, and speaking out heroically in his last years against the U.S. conquest of more than half of Mexico's territory.

I can picture Barack Obama doing something like that with the rest of his life.

Or perhaps Michelle will do it if he decided to just chill and sneak out for the occasional "half-smoked".

[elizabethwilkins22]

9. me

Jefferson

[oasis]

10. Adams by a nose in a photo finish. A PBS miniseries a few

years back, made a huge impression on me.

[Ken Burch]

13. I wish Tom Paine was an option in that poll.

n/t.

[lastlib]

15. "We hold these truths to be self-evident:...."

that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

(Wrote no Adams ever.....)

The foundation of liberalism. Jefferson.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

16. +100 It is sometimes amazing to consider...

...the reason, grasp, articulation and dedication of many of the Founders.

[Irish_Dem]

17. Adams was respected and dedicated, but Jefferson was a genius.

The Declaration of Independence is one of the most sacred documents of all time.