and that is amazing from jefferson who truly hated patrick henry. that man was badmouthing him to his family when he was in his grave for two decades. that doesn't seem very gracious to me. i was personally swayed by the probing analysis of the constitution in north carolina's first convention. it had to pick and also thought his leading opponent on, good, and above all there was langston smith, without his effort than your convention would probably not have voted to ratify, and his friend and fellow congressmen nathan dan at massachusetts who said of smith some of the wisest most statesmanlike council i have encountered in all my readings. that there were so many such men is itself significant. it shows the country was not depend on a handful of great men. the united states had a deep bench, and i would say even a deep intellectual bench. if you're interested in the history of ideas it is very moving to see the debate on the very local level, which concerns issues which are of continued significance of those of us who care about liberty and the con

second, patrick henry who could be very petty and personal in his politics took a supporter of james madison's, came up with a pretense for him not to be eligible to be a legislator, and then it was referred to the committee on privileges and elections. the committee said of course he's eligible to be a legislator. this doesn't make any sense. it was reported to the floor that he was eligible. patrick henry offered an amendment said was not eligible and invade against the constitution for a long, windy, ponderous speech. i don't know what that has to do with edward carrington's eligibility, but patrick henry thought an awful lot. now, carrington wins a special election three days later, but this is what you were dealing with if you were an anti-federalist -- if you were a federalist, excuse me, and one of the problems and the reason they were so outmatched is because the leading federalists of virginia, people like john marshall and james madison weren't part of the legislation church, but patrick henry who demanded his -- commanded his majority with absolute obedience was able to ge

governor patrick henry, first governor of virginia, attended the laying of the cornerstone of the building in 1875, and yet, 205 years later, the same capitol welcomed l. douglas wilder, the first africa american governor in the country. the early leaders who guided the young republican through the global power that we are today came from here in virginia. now, it is our collective duty to lead this great republic into a prosperous future. i will say i think virginians are ready. every day they show their exceptional character. a few of those exceptional characters joined us tonight. on december 8th, we are joined by the peril of the officers in the state. on that day, virginia tech police officer was protecting the students and faculty. including my daughter who is at virginia tech. during a routine traffic stop, derek krouse was shot and killed. he was an iraq war veteran. he was a son, a husband and father of five. derek was a hero. derek's wife tina is here tonight. on behalf of the commonwealth, we pledge to you that derek's sacrifice will never been forgotten. [ applause ] >> and at

patrick henry believes that. to some extent jefferson believes that. although as hamilton said when he's on the eve of will he be elected or not and hamilton is swallowing the bitter pill and saying, better this guy than aaron burke. he'll probably want to dmoom a good estate. >> eventually as president with the louisiana purchase jefferson takes the most powerful executive action in american history. more powerful than trueman's decision to drop the bomb. he violates all his political principles in that context. but what am i trying to say? i'm rambling perhaps here, but i think that -- >> well so it was starting with the war but then continuing from that there were those in the south and in virginia who did not draw these agrarian -- >> they become isolated. both washington and marshall are regarded as trojan horses within virginia. >> right. >> and the fact that marshall is chief justice from 1800 to 1835, that's one of the most amazing things to me. think about this, richard. there are three republican presidents, jefferson, madison, and monroe, al

we follow the advice of patrick henry. patrick henry said what would gentleman wished?o be paid for by the price of slavery? i know the course that others may take. but as for me, give me liberty or give me death. what he was telling us, ladies and gentlemen, is that he did not want to consider a live anywhere on this planet without liberty, know where. but what else was he telling you? he was telling you that, ap do not have liberty, if we are not focused on liberty every single thing we do will get us nothing but chains and slavery. even our best efforts will be chains and slavery if we do not put liberty first. ladies and gentlemen, this is our task today. this is our task forever. it took 700 years to write the constitution and the declaration of independence. we have been moving away from it since 1913. this is not a sprint. this is a marathon. and it is about time that we stood up and said, hey congress hey president we are the boss. you're the employee. stop whining. stop making excuses and do your job! will you stand with me today and as responsible employers fo

and yet when he had to go head to head with patrick henry at the virginia convention to pat ratify theison, of course, supported it, henry opposed it, he took him on in debate over six weekst in richmond, and he beat him. madison was not a journalist. alexander hamilton was a born journalist. he did it when he was a teenager, he did it all his a b life. and yet when hamilton decided that the constitution needs a propaganda campaign in the new york newspapers, one of the people he turns to is his then-friend congressman james madison, and madison steps up ta the plate and writes 29 of thesp 85 federalist papers.righ so he can screw himself up to do these public performing things which are so essential, become so essential to politics. >> host: what was james madison's republican party? >> guest: this was the party to to oppose the policies of the washington administration that r he and thomas jefferson didn't like. and this was mostly -- domestically, it was alexander hamilton's financial program. hamilton, the former merchants clerk born in the west indies, he thinks he's bringing the

i love what i'm doing, i've got patrick henry's job as governor of virginia.ny governor if they got a call from the candidate and said could you help our party and our country, i think you'd certainly be interested. i'm interested in most importantly we have to replace barack obama who has had more bad ideas on jobs and economy and taxes and spending. we have a lot of bogus rhetoric but no results out of washington. >> do you think president obama's call last night for the so-called buffett tax, millionaires must be at least 30%, which is is a doubling of the capital gains tax from 15 to 30, do you think that was aimed at mitt romney? is his totally political campaign aimed at romney? >> i think in part because he thinks romney will be the nominee and so do i. but it's also part of this horrible class warfare anticapitalist rhetoric we get out of this administration. everything he's tried on jobs has been a failure. it's been more spending, more taxes, more regulation, no government takeover. mitt romney understands from bain capital, from governor as massachu

and how do you have an american revolution woult that figure like patrick henry, an irritant? those are the type of people that ross perot admires. >> next is a call from ron watching us in everett, washington. we're talking about ross perot. hey, ron. >> good evening. and i would like to challenge dr. brinkley a little bit. i think the comparison was t.r., even though perot may have idolized him, is heavily overdrawn. and you mentioned just a few minutes ago that -- if i understood correctly, that perot favored a flat tax. and of course that's the antithesis of progressism. i think t.r. was way out there to the left. and -- in the liberal, progressive tradition and even of course obama this week was -- speaking on the 100th anniversary of a t.r. speech there. and i don't -- even though he may have supported oil tax, i don't think he really was a wilderness warrior the way -- >> nor is he winston churchill. one is not suggesting that. those were his heroes and people -- t.r. is known as -- edward morris and myself, many sided americans, a lot of people see in theodore roosevel

i come from the state or the first two governor's where patrick henry and thomas jefferson. that is the get i got. i know that you guys are all freedom loving people who understand the american dream. all of you by those gas lamps, i suggest to be a little careful. it uses natural gas which is a terrible fossil fuel. we may have the epa come down here and put us out of business. i've brought a couple of people down here with me. my campaign manager when i ran for governor who is now the executive director of the american governors association, that is phil cox. thank you for coming. i am from the government and i am here to help. ronald reagan said that and i thought it would be a good opening line. i know what he meant. it is only helpful when it knows the will of the people and respects the constitution of the united states of america.we take that seriously in virginia. we were the first state to file against obama-care a year ago. i know your attention is on the critically important goal of winning back the united states senate. and more importantly, elected a new command

i come from a state or the first to governors were patrick henry and thomas jefferson. that is the gig i got right now. it is a great job. i know you all our freedom loving people that understand the american dream in south carolina. all of you that our by those gas lines, be careful. it uses natural gas, which is a terrible fossil fuel. we just may have the epa putting that out of business, so be careful standing too close to that heat while they're here. i brought a few folks with me from virginia. my campaign manager when i ran for governor, who is now the executive director of the republican governors association that helps your great, when last year. tickets for coming, phil. -- thank you for coming. i'm from the government and i'm here to help. i heard that before could reagan said it, i thought it would be an opening line. you know what he meant. government is only there to help if it reflects the will of the people and respects the constitution of the united states of america. we take that pretty serious in virginia since guys like jefferson wrote the declaratio

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. >> good to see delaney back out there, a little bit of a surprise, henry patrick willis not at practice. he was limited, and he came out later, limited because of his knee. and that's somewhat of a surprise. because he was a full participant in practice wednesday, it's not anything that seems to be too serious. still, this time of the season, everything is going to be scrutinized. >> great job, mindy. thank you very much. raider fans, don't beat me up for showing this video, i have to do it. today is the tenth anniversary of the afc divisional playoffs, woodson with the hit on brady. initially it was ruled a itfumb, but it was overturned. patriots won in overtime, 16-13. went on to win. excuse me. >> are those tears? >> sorry about that. i just get choked up. >> is there crying in football? there's no crying in baseball. >> there's no crying in either sport. >> i just can't handle it, i apologize. maybe i'll be back at 11:00 tonight. i'm not so sure. >> thank you. for a full half hour of coverage of all the 49ers coverage now, you can watch sports net central on comcast sportsnet bay wo