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[mrdutton]

The guy who said it.......

How did he come from New York? Maybe when he returned from France back to the US.

He was the Minister to France and later was elected as Vice President and then was the third US President from 1801 to 1809.

He was born in Virginia and was the silent voice behind the Declaration of Independence during the Congressional Congress in Philadelphia.

Other than Benjamin Franklin, who was not a President, he is the only man from early American history who, IMHO, was wise enough to state such an opinion. And other than Ben Franklin who else was Minister to France (Which means Ambassador) during revolutionary times.

The statement does not mean the nation is full of drunks............ It means that when the wine is inexpensive, it is of low qaulity and no one drinks wine from that place.

Blow me away if I am wrong, but make sure you use gun powder from the Brandywine Valley (DuPont). I can find no such revolutionary era President from NY who was also an ambassador to a country that was undergoing a revolution. Martin Van Buren was the first US President from New York and he was born in 1782. That was a bit late for the American and French revolutions as far as his being a contributor/associate or ambassador.

TJ was there, in France, when they did that........... And he was a Virginian. And amongst other things he designed his home and a great University.

[This message has been edited by mrdutton (edited 05-22-2000).]