The Most Consequential Elections in History: Andrew Jackson and the Election of 1828

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I think that he makes good points on this subject jackson did do bad things that are not forgivable but I think it was a a much needed change I would much rather have a man that knows the real world the man fought battles for a living, than to have a pamperd aristocratic chior boy

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jackson sucks

Sorry to spoil you otherwise fine overview of Jackson [Paul of WA] by ending it with the incorrect

notion that Karl Rove is heading McJuans campaign.

Rove does NOT work for McJuan.

If he did the election might be closer since the MSM hasn't vetted O'Hussein out properly. The new information revealed about O'Husseins previously unrevealed or glossed over is now termed a smear simply for the fact that it is 'known' by the McJuan camp, not that it's not true, mind you, just for the fact that McJuan dares to mention it. How dare he dig up what we've been trying desparetly to keep from the public?

Dirty Politics goes way beyond the simplistic idea of mere name calling. You betcha, it does!

An terrible man

Andrew Jackson was an abhorrent individual that thought Native Americans and African Americans were not worthy of being human beings. He stole all lands from the the indigenous people, even the ones who fought for the loser. He supported slavery and was known to have shot soldiers for dis-obeying orders even if they were minor, he was a tyrant.If you wer'nt white you were scum in his eyes. His face should be on toilet paper not a twenty dollar bill.

President Jackson and the Trail of Tears

It amazed me that "the Trail of Tears," the forcible removal of peaceful Indian tribes from the east to Oklahoma, which I consider President's Jackson's worst, although perhaps most popular, policy was not mentioned in the article. He did this in spite of a decision by the Supreme Court stating that he had no legal right to do so. "They've made their ruling. Let's see them enforce it," was his comment. The suffering and death of these refugees to an area foreign to them should be considered one of our nation's greatest moral failings.

The time has come that his image should be removed from our currency, and by so doing, declare to future generations our abhorrence of ethnic cleansing, even when done by a popular president.

Lessons of Andrew Jackson for today

Andrew Jackson, a controversial figure for sure, fought populist political campaigns against what we would call the Beltway, the MSM and the status quo. These battles continued after his election and throughout his terms in office. Fortunately Jackson prevailed, Americans could see through the garbage, and Jackson carried on an egalitarian American vision true to our founding fathers.

Like today, Jackson was the target of vicious, nasty partisan and personal attacks, that tragically were probably one of the causes of his wife's death. The political cartoon can attribute is origins to this period, just as nasty too.

Jackson remained a man of integrity, despite having to fight the Washington and East Coast aristocracies.

This current election campaign echos the nasty campaigns Jackson had to fight against. We see Washington's aristocracy now trying to preserve its hold on power using dirty politics, a brand of campaigning Bush and the Republicans have almost perfected. There lot of us completely disgusted when McCain teamed up with Rove's dirty politics and McCain abandoned any pretense of integrity he had previously claimed.

Populism will prevail - hopefully Americans will prove themselves practical enough to see through the nastiness of these kind of campaigns. If we don't want to see our country and it's integrity continued to be squandered, we need to dump the current aristocracy and have a regime change.

President Andrew Jackson

Our 7th President (Andrew Jackson) was a intense individual in the sence that He wanted total control of every aspect of "operations". Congress, the United States monatary situation, and the day-to-day overseeing of Indian affairs was always his perpetual list. He had to be one of the hardest "on-hands" working presidents that we have ever had. My favorite is when Mr. Jackson left office the United States of America did NOT owe one single dime.

Thank You,

H. M. Clark