Exactly. It's been a while since I saw the Jackson documentary, which they've recently rebroadcast. My recollection is that it was simply the same old hero narrative of Andrew Jackson As Democratic Military Leader.
In deference to the fact that it was all done after 1950, they peppered it with periodic side comments by some Indians, blacks and a few historians that actually represented the mainstream of historical thinking. These indicated that Old Hickory may have needed a racial sensitivity workshop.... ...and that he sometimes did not find the proper constitutional or legal fig leaf to cover his desires on matters of real estate. Jackson was lionized by the Democratic Party as their founder (or a co-founder with Thomas Jefferson), and one would think that this would cause them some problems in later years. Rather like Lincoln and the Republicans, though that in a very different sense. When you're asked to comment for these sorts of documentaries, you have to take the opportunity, just in the hope that something of substance might make it through.... ML ________________________________________________ YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. Send list submissions to: Marxism@lists.econ.utah.edu Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
