Which founding father could be dropped into modern American and make the biggest impact... (1 Viewer)

[adonis]

Which founding father could be dropped in, let's say from 1795, and make the biggest impact in modern America.

Why? And what kind of impact do you think they'd make?

 

[supermike80]

the Hamilton play is supposed to be good

 

[Encyclopedia Brown]

Ben Franklin had such creativity and imagination, was a big thinker in the best sense of the word. 

 

[John Maddens Lunchbox]

Ben Franklin had such creativity and imagination, was a big thinker in the best sense of the word. 

This weirdo?

Ben Franklin's once had a plan to rearrange the English alphabet by eliminating the letters C, J, Q, W, X, and Y, declaring them redundant. It didn't katch on.

Or

Franklin's unique perspective extended to personal hygiene. He often opted for what he dubbed an "air bath" over a cold water bath, wandering around nude in his quarters for a half-hour each morning while reading or writing.

Or 

Benjamin Franklin wrote a scientific essay about farts namely “Fart Proudly”.

 

[bigbottom]

This weirdo?

I’m sold!

 

[Snorkelson]

Ben Franklin had such creativity and imagination, was a big thinker in the best sense of the word. 

He would be metoo’d in a week.

 

[Maurile Tremblay]

Which founding father could be dropped in, let's say from 1795, and make the biggest impact in modern America.

Ben Franklin had such creativity and imagination, was a big thinker in the best sense of the word. 

Ben Franklin was amazingly awesome, but he'd been a rotting corpse for half a decade.

 

[The Commish]

Some will claim Lincoln, but let's be real...the current version of his party would have him strung up by his toes before a primary could even be created.

 

[Maurile Tremblay]

Some will claim Lincoln, but let's be real...the current version of his party would have him strung up by his toes before a primary could even be created.

He was a decade and a half away from reaching infancy.

 

[tri-man 47]

How about John Jay? 

Significant experience in foreign policy, which would be useful right now

An abolitionist, so he'd fit right in to the current climate on race relations

First Chief Justice, which brings that expertise to the table

 

[The General]

Not founding father but I’m going Teddy Roosevelt. All around badass who would appeal to everyone. On the right side of issues. Gets #### done.

 

[tuffnutt]

How about John Jay? 

Significant experience in foreign policy, which would be useful right now

An abolitionist, so he'd fit right in to the current climate on race relations

First Chief Justice, which brings that expertise to the table

This was the first guy I thought of

 

[2Squirrels1Nut]

I guess it depends on how far you are dropping him. 

 

[The Commish]

He was a decade and a half away from reaching infancy.

Apparently I can't read

I read "from 1795" and added "forward" to it.

 

[Ilov80s]

Cute premise but my answer is none.

 

[wikkidpissah]

i'd go right back to Washington/Adams at the top if i wanted to fix our nation now. Though its tough to excuse the contemporary concept of slavery as a necessity in becoming more than a colony, i still find moral courage & vision in the overriding focus upon America always being bigger than Americans and the support of Adams' furious eye for detail would be a damn good start

 

[Roy L Fewks]

John Adams was probably the only founding father who didn't own slaves and who respected the opinions of women.

Of course, that doesn't mean that he'd make an impact in 2020.