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When most people go on the run from prosecution, they tend to lay low and be as inconspicuous as possible. Now that Edward Snowden is participating in on-line Q&A sessions and offering his opinion on a variety of subjects, it occurs to me that right now he's about as inconspicuous as your average Kardashian. Not since Osama Bin Laden released his monthly taped message from a cave in Afghanistan -- I downloaded the complete set from iTunes -- has a fugitive maintained this high a profile.
So please complete the following sentence:
Edward Snowden is....
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A Patriot | |
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A Traitor | |
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An Attention Whore | |
3 (38%) |
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Yeah, it's interesting. Shakespeare said it best Much Ado about nothing.
graham4anything
Jun 2013
#25
This all reminds me of something we once discussed, long ago, in a galaxy far far away(from here)
graham4anything
Jun 2013
#40
I have to agree. Not all of his facts have stood up to scrutiny, but who knows what else he
MADem
Jun 2013
#51
What did he reveal? When there is something no one knew, let me know.(let alone something illegal)
graham4anything
Jun 2013
#27
Well, there must be something there to cause Obama, et al, to be issuing CYA statements.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jun 2013
#31
just an aside, what if the admin is paying this guy to rope-a-dope the BushPaulFamilyInc?
graham4anything
Jun 2013
#34
I want to hear who is footing his travels/expenses, as I think there is much more to this story.
Frustratedlady
Jun 2013
#11
Remember, Cheney put down W too in the last year of the reign of Bush...unless of course...
graham4anything
Jun 2013
#29
Or perhaps a patriotic attention whore. Or something else. But then he's not the point.
Scuba
Jun 2013
#26
fact check- the NRA is culling, not doing what you say. Words have meaning. imho
graham4anything
Jun 2013
#41
So how is this leaker different than the one who leaked the info on Valerie Plame?
graham4anything
Jun 2013
#47
Here is an analogy so good, it should be it's own original post in a new thread.
graham4anything
Jun 2013
#61
What's he gonna do when he finds out that Hong Kong is not a libertarian paradise?
LeftInTX
Jun 2013
#60