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March 29, 2004
backstabbing, insubordinate...
In case you missed it in the comments section, A reader-- John Foelster by name-- gives us a list of "backstabbing, insubordinate Presidential subordinates":
MacArthur towards Truman Stanton towards Johnson John C. Calhoun towards Jackson Burr towards Jefferson Jefferson towards Washington (That's what I said.)
What this list leaves out (and it is a good list) is a rather interesting case.
In the year 1798, France and America went to war. It wasn't a declared war, indeed, it comes down to us with the name "quasi-war". John Adams was President. Hamilton the leader of the party...
Alexander Hamilton had different opinions than President Adams. Hamilton thought that a more formal War with France should be less vigorously avoided. So Mr. Hamilton did the only thing he could think of: He raised an army for the purpose of invading France. (or possibly just French N. American territories.) The short story is that The affair was settled, and Then-President Jefferson ended up buying lots of territory from France...
Say what you will of Clarke, at least he isn't raising an anti-Al Quida army. Come to think of it, such an army might be a good thing...
Posted by Andrew at March 29, 2004 12:23 PM
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