tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671374.post6999983724722685703..comments2023-10-30T07:10:34.610-07:00Comments on Underbelly: The Worst?Bucehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16452321114185736762noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671374.post-74134939085198085322010-08-15T10:37:17.077-07:002010-08-15T10:37:17.077-07:00I keep seeing Burr mentioned for killing Hamilton,...I keep seeing Burr mentioned for killing Hamilton, which strikes me as odd. By 1804 the latter was decisively out of power, and he would have remained so-- the reasons for Federalist decline and collapse were bigger than one man. And it was, after all, a duel, not an assassination.<br /><br />Burr deserves to be on these lists as an attempted traitor, one whose plans, had they worked, would have strangled the United States in its cradle.Jacob T. Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02575549001627195334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671374.post-17317777414343396032010-08-15T07:44:42.573-07:002010-08-15T07:44:42.573-07:00"Worst Person Ever" lists should be alwa..."Worst Person Ever" lists should be always suspect because they simply provide the lister an opportunity to trot out his or her own bogeymen/bogeywomen de jour. Yup, they're just an occasion for partisan venting.<br /><br />Nope, Lindsay Lohan or Lady Gaga does not make my personal list. I'm hopefully not THAT vacuous!eViL pOp TaRthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15039755407564122331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31671374.post-82993666952137306152010-08-14T23:41:23.189-07:002010-08-14T23:41:23.189-07:00Dick CheneyDick CheneyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com