Comments on: The Nine Lives of Andrew Jackson

By: xanderjones

xanderjones — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:13:50 +0000

Are you allowed to print the entire face of US Currency in High Resolution like that?

By: Lead

Lead — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:11:34 +0000

You forgot to add that after Lawrence fired both pistols Jackson proceeded to beat the ever-loving hell out of him with his cane. In fact, had Lawrence not been pulled away and arrested it is very likely that Jackson would have beat him to death. Say what you will about his policies, but give me a genuine badass for a president any day.

By: Pete

Pete — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:18:28 +0000

he also adopted an “Indian” child, if I’m not mistaken…

Toured the Hermitage (Jackson’s home) outside of Nashville once. Very interesting.

Hey, how about an article about Kit Carson?

By: Joel

Joel — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 12:55:33 +0000

Also, to add onto Vesko G.’s comment, he reduced the national debt to $33,000 and change, the lowest the national debt has ever been. Populist, and fiscally conservative. Makes you wonder what went wrong in the last 160+ years.

By: Joel

Joel — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 12:53:48 +0000

George–
Jackson’s “Trail of Tears” was him making a decision between a rock and a hard place. Either let the Georgia militia slaughter every man, woman, and child of the Cherokee nation, or force them to move to a different part of the US. That’s a tough choice, and for someone who seems to know history as well as you, you certainly try and paint it as black and white.
I admire Jackson for his very populist politics. He wanted to abolish the national bank, which was an institution created by the Federalists to centralize wealth. He wanted to abolish the electoral college, which he saw as a means to subvert popular sentiments (RE: Bush 2000). Moreover, he was THE anti-politician: idealist, truly populist, and from humble roots. Oh and he’s also from SC, my home state.

By: George Wellman

George Wellman — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:58:41 +0000

It is well documented that the Supreme Court of the United States of America made a decision that recognized the Cherokee National Council as a sovereign government and that the Cherokee Territory was sovereign land. The state of Georgia refused to recognize the Supreme Court decision and Andrew Jackson famously said that he would not enforce the law in this case. the State of Georgia then proceeded to take by force all Cherokee territory. If that’s not criminal shameful behaviour, I don’t know what is.

By: A.Z.

A.Z. — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:11:42 +0000

Also: Fact(not really of course): Eating only acorns helps abate the symptoms of being shot (death by being shot namely).

By: A.Z.

A.Z. — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:55:43 +0000

Oh please, he single-handedly destroyed the economy by bleeding money to his “pet banks” and then passed off the economic crisis to his successor Martin Van Buren. As to his character: yes he was a racist, and a hypocrite, and all round a-hole (and slightly on the nazi side too), but one has to admit he had a strong character, and had a immense amount of balls. Andrew Jackson: Role model? No. Good person? Hell no. Deserves some respect? Well maybe…

By: Vesko G.

Vesko G. — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 04:23:17 +0000

You can call Andrew Jackson “Racist, ignorant, and a bigot.”, but he is unique among US Presidents (with the exception of Lincoln and Kennedy) in that he successfully stood up against the International Bankers. This led to an unprecedented prosperity for the US in the period 1830′s to 1913, a wealth that has been squandered in recent years by the above mentioned dark forces.

By: Fordo

Fordo — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 09:06:36 +0000

Glad we are comparing one of the most evil men with Princess Diana, and saying he “cleared out” the Indians in like saying Hitler “cleared out” the Jews. Next time please say what he really was like: Racist, ignorant, and a bigot. this man was a terrible man, and a 20 certainly should not have him on it. Honestly expected more from this website…