Deifying the founding fathers

Many Tea Party folks view the Constitution as a sacred document that must be followed the way the most insane religious fanatics follow their books. A corollary to that is that they start to deify the founding fathers. Note the founding fathers had no such ridiculous beliefs. One of the first things they did was start amending the Constitution. Of the many many stupid/ignorant views the Tea Partiers have, this one is perhaps the most central. On this July 4th weekend, let's remember that the founding fathers were interesting and sometimes great men, but a key part of their document was maintaining the enslavement of blacks so only the Tea Partiers could see them as perfect.