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Ryan P[_2_] Ryan P[_2_] is offline
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On 6/4/2009 12:09 PM, wrote:

IIRC, George Washington insisted for some time that the POTUS be
addressed as "Excellency"....or was it Adams? George fought against
strenuous opposition to have a "standing army"...many opposed that.


He also was against the Party system, fearing that any political party
would eventually become an entity that exists to perpetuate itself,
rather than to benefit the People.

Looks like he was right, based on the Democrat and Republican parties.