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To: arrogantsob

Burr was a revolutionary war hero too, yet I don’t see you suggesting that entitles him to carte blanche for his later shortcomings.


800 posted on 09/10/2010 7:53:28 AM PDT by conimbricenses (Red means run son, numbers add up to nothing.)
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To: conimbricenses

Burr served under Benedict Arnold it is true. Perhaps the greatest service he ever gave his nation was saving Hamilton’s life when under fire. H was a militia artillery officer and B an aide to Gen. Putnam during the fighting around New York.

Defending Hamilton from Jeffersonian slanders and falsehoods is not giving him “carte blanche” for any shortcomings.

It should be noted that Washington (who was hyper concerned about integrity and honesty) developed a disregard of Burr almost immediately and dismissed him from his staff after only a month or so. He caught him in some disreputable scheme.


804 posted on 09/10/2010 8:12:26 AM PDT by arrogantsob
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