After having experienced many political organizations and philosophies, I have found a political label that fits like a glove and decided that I am a "Jeffersonian Democrat".

You might be thinking, that the most likely label for me would be a "Confederate", and I am, but as it turns out, most Confederates were "Jeffersonian Democrats" as well, as were the original founding fathers of this country.

I came to this conclusion while paying a visit to www.lewrockwell.com and stumbling upon columnist Charley Reese's article entitled: "Jefferson Davis", in which Reese asks:

"And what, you might well ask, is a Jeffersonian Democrat? He's a person who hasn't forgotten that the sovereign states created the federal government, not the reverse, as some today seem to assume. He believes that what the Constitution created was a republic of sovereign states, and that the carefully limited powers assigned to the federal government were all the powers it had, in peace or in war. He believes the Constitution is a binding contract, not a rubbery document that can mean anything a judge or a politician says it means. He believes in a system of checks and balances. In short, he believes in the Declaration of Independence"

Charley Reese continues his definition of a "Jeffersonian Democrat" ...

"So to add to the definition of Jeffersonian Democrats, they were a majority of the Founding Fathers, a majority who fought the American Revolution, a majority who wrote the Constitution, and a majority who fought for Southern independence. No wonder the precious few still extant make big-government lovers so nervous. "

So how about you? Are you a "Jeffersonian Democrat"?

Likes

• The South

Dislikes

• Political Correctness