"Most Notorious Traitor (Round 1B)" Topic

Jimmy Carter? I trust we'll see Ronald Reagan and Oliver North on Part 1C?

James Longstreet, where's Lee and all the rest of them?

From what I remember, neither Reagan nor North gave aide and comfort to an enemy the US was in active hostilities against. Carter did.

I don't recall that the US was at war with anyone from 1976-1980. But I was in college, so maybe I missed it.

I didn't like Jimmy Carter as President, but he is no traitor. He is a very good man with just different politics than mine.

What? No love for "poor, fleeting, perjured Clarence"? Of course, I suspect we'll see his younger brother latter in the poll.

What USAFpilot said.

My dad had nothing nice to say about Tokyo Rose.

I serve in the South Pacific back during the War.

The poll's criteria were too broad. Having said that, I'm not surprised by the results.

My take on Jane Fonda, from the original Poll Suggestions thread.

It's handy to think of Jane Fonda as a traitor, but I always thought of her as just another airhead celebrity, trying to "make a difference".
If she had ever done any real damage, she could have been prosecuted.
I wonder if it galls her that she was never considered all that important. Just annoying. Technically, she did give aid and comfort to the enemy. And posing with that anti aircraft gun could be considered "taking up arms".
But it would have been too much bother to actually prosecute her. I do hope it bothers her that nobody bothered.

The thing is that nobody ever took her seriously. Who did she convert?

She didn't really matter. Nothing she did affected anything. All she did was off a bunch of people who still hold a grudge.
She was just a useful idiot.

Looks like this is the list that I should add Eadric Streona to, rather than round A.

Some very odd suggestions for traitors in these polls.