It seems that every time I turn around some Leftie is calling someone who says nasty things about Obama and/or his policies a racist or a traitor who has just committed treason.
The racist claim cannot be proven in any case but the treason bit is pretty straightforward. From the Constitution:
Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court.
Now, the last person I think that fit that description in a very public way was Jane Fonda who went to North Vietnam and made statements of support for them. The government had an open and shut case against her but no one had the guts to charge, try, convict and hang her.
Pity.
But there were plenty of others as this interview of the North Vietnam general Bui Tin shows:
Q: Was the American antiwar movement important to Hanoi's victory?
A: It was essential to our strategy. Support of the war from our rear was completely secure while the American rear was vulnerable. Every day our leadership would listen to world news over the radio at 9 a.m. to follow the growth of the American antiwar movement. Visits to Hanoi by people like Jane Fonda, and former Attorney General Ramsey Clark and ministers gave us confidence that we should hold on in the face of battlefield reverses. We were elated when Jane Fonda, wearing a red Vietnamese dress, said at a press conference that she was ashamed of American actions in the war and that she would struggle along with us.
Q: Did the Politburo pay attention to these visits?
A: Keenly.
Q: Why?
A: Those people represented the conscience of America. The conscience of America was part of its war-making capability, and we were turning that power in our favor. America lost because of its democracy; through dissent and protest it lost the ability to mobilize a will to win.
Q: How could the Americans have won the war?
A: Cut the Ho Chi Minh trail inside Laos. If Johnson had granted [Gen. William] Westmoreland's requests to enter Laos and block the Ho Chi Minh trail, Hanoi could not have won the war.
LinkSo until something like that happens, dear Lefties, please be so kind as to quit talking through your nether regions and join the rest of us in the real world.
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