People tend to forget that Thomas Jefferson served as America's first-ever Secretary of State. And although he was completely sympathetic to the revolutionaries in France, Jefferson recognized the power of the executive and the federal government's official position of neutrality in European conflicts.
So we think Jefferson would not approve of any silly Senatorial letters to other countries — let alone to adversaries — undercutting the supreme representative of the federal government, the President, in foreign affairs. Just sayin'. In short, one of our founders and greatest Presidents would have been on John Kerry's side today.
Worth pointing out to any teabagger or Republican who foments about separation of powers and we the people and all. We cats PURR.
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