Anybody watching Andrew Jackson's bio on the History channel?

[FreedomAngel82]

They're talking about his presidency and than going to talk about the democratic party too later on about the symbol of the donkey and stuff. :D

[BOSSHOG]

1. Come on down to

New Orleans and visit his statue in Jackson Square right in front of St Louis Cathedral and just a few miles from where the Battle of New Orleans took place. Gosh awful historical.

[FreedomAngel82]

2. Neat

And what I found really inspiring about Jackson is he's the first and only president to never have a debt. The only other time we came close to that was with Bill Clinton. Both democrats. As Howard Dean said: you can't trust republicans with your money.

[DELUSIONAL]

3. he is a murdering bastard -- Trail of tears -- happened on his orders

[CatWoman]

4. yes, and much more

he was a very evil bastard.

I remember reading about the trail of tears, and it left me in tears.

[FreedomAngel82]

5. Oh yes

He did do a lot of bad things. I found it sad how he fired people just so he could hire his friends. You should get someone cause they can do the job.

[tularetom]

6. Well its comforting to know some things haven't changed

like firing people to hire your friends (such as Brownie?)

[FreedomAngel82]

7. Ha ha really

Were all the first president's democrats or are they just focusing on democrats now? :shrug:

[NoPasaran]

9. R i g h t

It would have been so much better if settlement had been confined to the Eastern seaboard and the remainder of the continent left in the perpetual possession of wandering bands of hunter-gatherers.
:sarcasm:
The destruction of the Native American societies isn't a pretty part of history, but I cannot conceive of it not happening.

And I can never understand why Old Hickory, the first champion of the Common Man is so reviled on this website while the warmongering imperialist gun nut Teddy Roosevelt gets so much love.
:shrug:

[no_hypocrisy]

8. Jackson had his share of scandals too.

When he was a young man, he married his wife, Rachel, who thought her exhusband had divorced her but he hadn't. Her husband showed up and threatened to ruin Jackson's budding political career by accusing him of being a bigamist. Jackson refused to pay extortion.

The divorce eventually went through and Jackson re-married Rachel, but it took a toll on his wife and she died prematurely.