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DaveinJapan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 08:46 AM
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Benedict Arnold vs. Rush Limbaugh; who's the greatest traitor of all time?
I'm going with Limbaugh by a mile.

Inciting violence (riots at the conventions), attempting to disrupt elections (Democratic Primaries), calling for the failure of the duly elected government (and worse)?

Traitor. Bigtime.

Probably the greatest American traitor of all time. I can't think of any worse than this guy.
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rurallib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 08:48 AM
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1. doesn't Cheney get to play?
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BlueMTexpat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 08:56 AM
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4. Cheney gets my vote for the greatest US traitor of all time.
Rush may have a forum and yes, IMO, is a traitor in many ways.
But Cheney had the position, the responsibility and the power to implement his skewed and criminal ideas of reality. In doing so, he betrayed both national security and the highest ideals of the US Constitution.
Compared to him, both Benedict and Rush are mere wannabes.
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Turbineguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 08:48 AM
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2. Hmmm..... at least
Benedict Arnold did his own heavy lifting.
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hobbit709 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 08:52 AM
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3. At least Arnold's treason plan failed.
Oxyrush is still going strong.
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NoPasaran Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 09:49 AM
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5. Well, I'll say this much for Arnold
He did a lot of good work for the Continental cause prior to turning his coat. He helped secure Ft. Ticonderoga, whose artillery was instrumental in forcing the British out of Boston. After the failure of the American invasion of Canada, he did successfully delay the British advance down the lakes into New York through 1776. And he behaved heroically at Saratoga in 1777 and was badly wounded in combat. And after changing sides, he did continue as a man of action, leading sea-borne raids against his former comrades instead of sitting on his ass in England, telling Lord North what a genius he was.

On the other hand, Rush Limbaugh doesn't seem to have actually waged war on the United States. A bloated tub of vileness, yes. But not a traitor.
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Prophet0621 Donating Member (38 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 10:08 AM
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6. Can't call him a traitor. He can talk all the trash he wants, he can
offer his personal opinion about this government or our elected officials, he has that right as do each one of us. He can spread whatever sordid information from his warped mentality, it's the nutbags who are listening and take him seriously I worry about.
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el_bryanto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-20-09 10:12 AM
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7. That seems a bit overdone
I do like the (and worse)? tag line there at the end; it's a great way to insinuate without having to back up your insinuations.

Bryant
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