Like Trump, Thomas Jefferson labeled unfit

WHEN THOMAS Jefferson was running for president, the opposition party, people who did not like him and the wrong minded media called him names and said he was unfit to be the leader of the United States much like the untruthful media of today and the Democrats who are labeling Donald Trump in this year’s election. I think Thomas Jefferson did quite well as president.

There are too many lies and bad things being said about Trump on TV and print media. The Clinton people call him a demagogue, a description befitting Hillary Clinton much closer. I am also disappointed by the fact there too many idiots high up in the Republican hierarchy who do not support their party’s nominee.

I have been reading books about our early history since discovering my fourtimes great grandfather was a captain in George Washington’s Virginia Militia. I am proud of the fact that my ancestor helped jump-start the United States of America. Our Country’s beginnings had many trials and you should learn about them.…

One more interesting note: 90 percent of the guns that the Revolutionary Army used were their own personal weapons. They used them hunting for food and protecting their families. BOB PRICKETT Albuquerque