Have we disappointed our forefathers, America?

No offense to any of these arguments, but I think we give too much credit to "our founding fathers." Yes, they did make our country. But they're far from perfect. People go around quoting Benjamin Franklin and other revolutionaries like they are all some sort of bible. I mean, if a politician was thrown a quote from a founding father that seemed to disagree with his policies, he would most likely dodge the question by saying something like "well that was a totally different situation!" If he discredited the revolutionary by saying "well George Washington wasn't much of a politician," all hell would break loose. He would be called unpatriotic, lose votes, and would gain a permanent scar on his repuatation. Yet if he called a modern-day politician bad at his job, he might be frowned upon, but wouldn't get such a horrible backlash.

Have you ever heard the Franklin quote "Beer is proof that god loves us and wants us to be happy"? Well he never actually said that, it actually came from a letter saying, "Behold the rain which descends from heaven upon our vineyards; there it enters the roots of the vines, to be changed into wine; a constant proof that God loves us, and loves to see us happy." Now any other misquote like that would have died down by now, but Benjamin Franklin carries so much awe and trust in today's America that people practically refuse to let go such a comical quote.