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They would have been split 50/50 between Republican and Democrat, if they were alive today, their views would have evolved accordingly to which idealogical camp they felt most comfortable with.
Benjamin Franklin and John Adams were undoubtedly liberal, I'm thinking George Washington was rather conservative. Thomas Jefferson was very liberal for his time, a revolutionary who hated monarchs and organized religion, though I'm thinking he would be more libertarian today, or possibly a moderate Democrat.
A large part of me would like to hope that the founding fathers of America would be appalled by the way our current system is running. I do not think they would abstain from the vote because it is an integral part of our system. But I do think these men would be behind a massive movement to bring government under control.
These men would not know how to live under the controls now set by an out of control Federal Government which they never intended to grow into this beast we see today. I believe most would rally to the Libertarian side simply because they are more about old school American values than any other party. Of course this is all mere speculation seeing as how we cannot truly know where they would stand on today's issues.
My assumption is merely one made out of the hope that our founding fathers really stood for all we have been taught they stood for. Real freedom!
No question about it a 3rd party candidate. Don't fool yourself into thinking that liberal in 1789 means liberal today. We've bastardized the political spectrum into a right and a left, when it's not that simple.
Third party without a doubt. I would think they would go for Ron Paul if he was running on the libertarian ticket. The founding fathers would have nothing but contempt and horror for what has happened to their 'grand experiment'. And isn't that sad?
They would probably vote for Obama because he'd be the only candidate well spoken and well read enough for them to understand; They would assume the others are mentally disabled.
Remember that they could split their vote for President/VP, so they might actually vote Obama for pres and McCain for VP, because of his military record.
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