Favorite Founding Father? Who and why.

[Ripoll]

Mine would have to be Alexander Hamilton.

He started publishing papers about independence at 17 helped run a business at 14. Never accepted any money despite being born privileged

Established the first functioning American banking system this nation had, exercised fiscal responsibility and financial credibility and created the beginnings of this Nations infrastructure. Helped us pay back our war debts and set us on the right path of becoming a global super power.

Treasurer, Banker, but above all Statesman.

Used common sense trade tariffs to protect what Americans made and less to accept what Americans needed to make them.

Reformed the financial system to allow sufficient amount of start ups in America.

No one can contend. Thoughts?

Who's your favorite founding father and why?

[Bezombia]

Metternich, the only true founding father.

[Kargintina]

George Washington,
one of the main reasons we won the revolution, and the best president, nuff said.

[Syndicapolis]

They were all bourgeois scum

[Scomagia]

Ben Franklin. He loved wine and he loved whores. The man is an inspiration.

[Avenio]

Why, Sir John A. Macdonald, of course. It takes a talented politician to show up to a debate during his a re-election campaign for the Prime Ministership stinking drunk, slur his way through a verbal argument with his opponent and throw up on the stage midway - and still end up getting re-elected.

[Olthar]

Franklin. The guy invented time travel and became an immortal superhero.

[Solansica]

It is hard to pick just one because many in their own ways were renaissance men in their own right contributing to the arts and sciences of their time, as well as sacrificing their lives, fortunes and sacred honor to help establish a nation conceived in the concept of Liberty. There are so many that it can vary depending on the topic or the day. The older I get the more I appreciate Noah Webster.

Founder of American Education, Lexicographer who help establish the American dialect of the English language. Helped develop an understanding of civics so that self-government became a distinct identifier of, and ingrained reality in the body politic of the American. Helped raise a generation of Americans who saw Americanism as an ideology of liberty to strive after by living up to high ethical standards, instead of mere blood and soil nationalism.

[Sebastianbourg]

The American ones? They're all traitors to me (except Benedict Arnold)!

[Benuty]

The American ones? They're all traitors to me (except Benedict Arnold)!

They would be traitors, had they failed.

At the time of rebellion they certainly could be classified as traitors.

[Sebastianbourg]

The American ones? They're all traitors to me (except Benedict Arnold)!

They would be traitors, had they failed.

At the time of rebellion they certainly could be classified as traitors.

Founding fathers are but successful traitors.

[Benuty]

They would be traitors, had they failed.

At the time of rebellion they certainly could be classified as traitors.

Founding fathers are but successful traitors.

I suppose.

[Olthar]

They would be traitors, had they failed.

At the time of rebellion they certainly could be classified as traitors.

Founding fathers are but successful traitors.

A revolution is a rebellion that wins. *nods*

[Nekronia]

Ben Franklin. He loved wine and he loved whores. The man is an inspiration.

Scientist, writer, politician, founder, diplomat, and a kinky playboy.

Benjamin Franklin: The best Founding Father, without a doubt.

[Sebastianbourg]

Founding fathers are but successful traitors.

I suppose.

As a dual citizen of the UK and Spain I have a large repertoire of successful traitors.

[Genivaria]

George Washington,
one of the main reasons we won the revolution, and the best president, nuff said.

Best President would probably be FDR actually.
People's opinion of Washington are warped and think that because he was the first he's somehow the best.

[Genivaria]

The American ones? They're all traitors to me (except Benedict Arnold)!

Traitors to the illegitime British monarchy perhaps.

[Sebastianbourg]

The American ones? They're all traitors to me (except Benedict Arnold)!

Traitors to the illegitime British monarchy perhaps.

They were but successful traitors. Whether you agree with them or not is not the question; they rebelled against their country and later separated from it.

[The Liberated Territories]

Hero worship is stupid.

[Buse]

Alexander Hamilton was not an American nor was he born there.

[Sebastianbourg]

Alexander Hamilton was not an American nor was he born there.

He became an American citizen and high-level civil servant.

[Gezi Park]

Not an American and not an expert (I study American Studies but we're still in the colony period, so), I'll go with George Washington, as he seems the most popular and leading figure.

[Harpers Ferry]

Alexander Hamilton was not an American nor was he born there.

No, technically none of the founding fathers were American. But he along with the others were still founding fathers of the US.

[Buse]

Alexander Hamilton was not an American nor was he born there.

He became an American citizen and high-level civil servant.

He became a naturalised American, but it does not makes him a real one.

[Lavan Tiri]

Katniss Everdeen

George Washington, because why anyone else?