Some of Jefferson's ravings about the French Revolution are worthy of Moveon.org and Michael MOOer.
He also worked as hard as he could to keep America militarily weak. Hence, Washington was burned by 5,000 British troops in the War of 1812 brought on, in part, by the military shortsightedness of the Jeffersonians. Very Democratic.
In fariness, Jefferson re-evaluated his support for the French Revolution as it continued to go sideways.
Meanwhile, the rump Federalists of New England were holding the Hartford Convention to discuss secession over that most noble of human motives: their commerce with England had been interrupted by the politics of (sniff!) border ruffians. That is a remarkable attempt of yours to turn the tables. As to the military, Jackson was a Jeffersonian Democrat who sure kicked Brit patoot at the Battle of New Orleans (oh, they ran through the briars and they ran through the brambles and they ran into places where a gator wouldn't go), ventilated Brit General Packenham, stuffed his carcass in a whiskey barrel and sent the remains to his widow. Perhaps, you are imagining Jean Lafitte as a tea time Federalist????
He also worked as hard as he could to keep America militarily weak. Hence, Washington was burned by 5,000 British troops in the War of 1812 brought on, in part, by the military shortsightedness of the Jeffersonians. Very Democratic.
But because he advocated the smallest possible government he is a hero to "palaeos" (especially neo-Confedrates, who despise the Federalists). Never mind that he was an "enlightenment" deist who mutilated his Bible with a razor blade to remove everything he regarded as "irrational." And btw, he enjoyed enthusiastic Jewish support despite his low opinion of the "old testament" and its "primitive" G-d. But "separation of church and state" is all that matters, right? [/sarcasm]
To this day many "palaeos" regard the US military as a NWO force for the conquest of the American people. I have often wondered why "palaeos" object to pacifism, since like their leftist brethren, they are opposed to any possible war other than one waged by some foreign dictator they might happen to admire.
I wish conservatives would stop talking and writing as if reducing the size of government were the only thing conservatism was about. Critiques of "big government" by admirers and apologists for Franco, Pinochet, Trujillo, and Stroessner are as silly as attacks on "the Bush dictatorship" by admirers of Mao and Castro.