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Before revisionist history in the 21^st century, the Founding Fathers were considered deists. After the writing of the Constitution and fighting the war for independence, they returned to their mansions, whiskey stills and the raping of their slaves. Is this the America of Rick Santorum’s dreams?

Even Evangelicals have wet dreams, eh. Praise the lord; pass the loot.

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Proud to have served USMC 1961-65

This article appears in Mar 8-14, 2012.

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The Good Ol' Days

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March 7, 2012

<h1>The Good Ol&apos; Days</h1> <p class="byline">by Source Weekly, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />March 7, 2012</p> <p>Before revisionist history in the 21^st century, the Founding Fathers were considered deists. After the writing of the Constitution and fighting the war for independence, they returned to their mansions, whiskey stills and the raping of their slaves. Is this the America of Rick Santorum&apos;s dreams?</p> <p>Even Evangelicals have wet dreams, eh. Praise the lord; pass the loot.</p> </p> <p>Disabled American Veteran</p> <p>Proud to have served USMC 1961-65</p> </p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/opinion/the-good-olandapos-days-2140155/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=18446&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/opinion/the-good-olandapos-days-2140155/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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