No surprise ... once a traitor, always a traitor

So Scott McClellan is going to vote for Barack Obama? Where's the surprise? After writing a book criticizing his former employer President George W. Bush, would anyone expect anything less?

CNN reported:

McClellan, a onetime Bush loyalist whose scathing critique of the president sent shock waves across Washington last spring, has long hinted he was leaning toward the Illinois senator.

Once a traitor ... always a traitor.

Bob Dole blasts turncoat Scott McClellan

"You’re a hot ticket now but don’t you, deep down, feel like a total ingrate?"

-- Bob Dole speaking of Scott McClellan

Former Republican presidential candidate and senator Bob Dole sent a scathing email to former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan and blasted him as a "miserable creature" for writing a tell-all book criticizing his years in the White House and betraying the President.

The email from Dole to McClellan begins:

"There are miserable creatures like you in every administration who don’t have the guts to speak up or quit if there are disagreements with the boss or colleagues."

Dole continues by saying:

"In my nearly 36 years of public service I've known of a few like you.
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“If all these awful things were happening ... you should have spoken up publicly like a man, or quit your cushy, high profile job.

"That would have taken integrity and courage ... You’re a hot ticket now but don’t you, deep down, feel like a total ingrate?"

Scott McClellan's 15 minutes of fame are ticking away....

His name is synonymous with betrayal....

His name is synonymous with betrayal. Even now, over 200 years later, it is still remembered, passed down through history from generation to generation.

A home school dad sums up Arnold this way:

... in 1780, General Benedict Arnold of the Continental Army weakened the positions of his men at West Point and gave British Major Andre the plans to the fort. (Arnold's plan was to surrender the fort in exchange for 20,000 pounds.)

Now, if Arnold's documents would have been successfully delivered to Andre's commander, this traitorous act could have given the British a strategic advantage that could have split the country, leading to an American surrender. However, Andre was captured by three soldiers in the Continental Army; Benedict Arnold then fled to the protection of the English; and the defensive positions of the important fort along the Hudson River were not compromised.

In the end, America can be thankful for the THREE men who stopped Andre as he tried to go back to the English lines. Although Andre was dressed in civilian clothes and the plans were hidden in his boot, these three men had the foresight and desire to do what they believed was right.

Today, we hear on the news about the potential SHOE BOMBER that tried to destroy an airplane. Well, the "BOMB" in Andre's shoe would have been big enough to destroy the American Revolution.

Simplistic, yes ... but it gets the point across. Here is a more detailed description:

Arnold suffered many disappointments that embittered him. When he was promoted to major general in February 1777, others he thought less deserving preceded him in rank. Gates received the credit for the victory at Saratoga.

Named (June 1778) commander in Philadelphia, Arnold was accused of overstepping his authority. His second marriage (1779) to Margaret Shippen, the daughter of a Loyalist, also aroused suspicions.

His bitterness, along with a need for money to pay heavy debts, led Arnold to negotiate with the British. He conceived a plan to betray West Point, a post that he commanded.

His attempted treachery was revealed when John Andre, a British major, was captured in September 1780 carrying Arnold's message. Arnold escaped to the enemy lines and was commissioned a brigadier general in the British army. For his property losses, he claimed and was paid about $10,000.

He led two British expeditions, one that burned Richmond, Va., and the other against New London, Conn.

His name is synonymous with betrayal....

Al Gore slams U.S.A. while overseas

Al Gore had a Dixie Chicks moment while attending a United Nations conference on climate change in Bali. He slammed his own country today as reported by Financial Times:

Al Gore savaged the US government’s “obstructing” attitude and urged delegates at the UN conference on climate change to ignore Washington if necessary to pursue the “moral imperative” of a new global regime.

“My country is principally responsible for obstructing progress here in Bali,” the former US vice-president told 2,000 of the 12,000 people attending the conference on Thursday. “[But] over the next two years the United States is going to be somewhere it is not now.”

Words cannot describe my thoughts about that man....

H/T Drudge Report