Let me clarify it for you. The founders were principled but not perfect men, as I am. As far as I can, I will stick to moral principles. If a situation arises in which I must make a decision between conflicting moral principles, I will choose the greater moral good, as I believe our founders did. At that time, the British were also involved in the slave trade (british brought them here to begin with!). If not for principled white men, slavery would still be here. I believe the founders had more integrity in their little pinky than ANY politician does today, but they were not perfect. Slavery should have been dealt with sooner, but if it had, there would be no Republic and no Constitution and no United States as we know it today, so the issue was deferred so that a Republic could be established. Was it wrong to defer it? Yes, probably. Did some of the founders have blind spots when it came to slavery? Yes, probably. Could any politician today come up with the noble principles and documents as in our Decl. of Indep. and Constitution? I seriously doubt it. My moral authority is the bible, and even though ALL MEN sin, the moral principles contained therein do not change - ever. Bush swore an oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. It's time he started honoring that oath along with the rest of the useless Congress and the SCOTUS. In the meantime, I am through with the Republican Party, and I don't care what you think about it. That's the end of the discussion between you and I. All future posts by you will be ignored.