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ClevelandBronco 09-01-2009 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Mojo Jojo (Post 6022096)
I may have missed it, but I'm surprised no one has listed Sirhan Sirhan...

Was Sirhan an American? I thought he was Jordanian.

I haven't looked it up though.

EDIT: My bad. He was Palestinian.

Frazod 09-01-2009 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by MOhillbilly (Post 6022174)
wes hardin

He was an amazing guy - probably the most skilled gunman of the era.

gblowfish 09-01-2009 12:38 PM

Greatest AMERICAN villans?
Depends on your point of view, but you can make a case for these "villans" affecting the greatest number of Americans with their actions:
Andrew Jackson (ask the Native Americans)
Gen. WT Sherman (ask the South)
Capt. W Quantrill (ask Kansas)
Gen. T Ewing (Ask Missouri)
John Rockefeller (reason for anti-trust legislation)
FDR (ask Japanese Americans)
Joseph McCarthy (red scare in the 50's)
LBJ (ask a Vietnam Vet)
Nixon (ask a Vietnam War Protester)
Dubya (Where's the WMD's?)

ClevelandBronco 09-01-2009 12:42 PM

"I sincerely believe that if Robert Kennedy were alive today, I believe he would not countenance singling me out for this kind of treatment. I think he would be among the first to say that, however horrible the deed I committed 14 years ago was, that it should not be the cause for denying me equal treatment under the laws of this country."

— Sirhan Bishara Sirhan

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Sure.

Nightfyre 09-01-2009 12:42 PM

I still think the civil war divided 2 ways resulted in the most loss of life that can be contributed to one person in american history.
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ClevelandBronco 09-01-2009 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Nightfyre (Post 6022239)
I still think the civil war divided 2 ways resulted in the most loss of life that can be contributed to one person in american history.
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Which one person? The idiot that decided that it would be a good idea to fire on Fort Sumter?
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Quiet Storm 09-01-2009 12:48 PM

LBJ and J Edgar Hoover are people who immediately pop in my head.

Nightfyre 09-01-2009 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by ClevelandBronco (Post 6022253)
Which one person? The idiot that decided that it would be a good idea to fire on Fort Sumter?
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No, I put the blame on jefferson davis and abraham lincoln both, thus dividing the total civil war casualties both ways making them co-villains.

Another person you could make a case for is truman.
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Chief Faithful 09-01-2009 12:58 PM

Chan Gailey

Frazod 09-01-2009 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by ClevelandBronco (Post 6022253)
Which one person? The idiot that decided that it would be a good idea to fire on Fort Sumter?
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So you're saying that Beauregard should have just allowed a foreign power to maintain a military base right in the middle of a key harbor?

JOhn 09-01-2009 01:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Nightfyre (Post 6022312)
Another person you could make a case for is truman.
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:spock:

Please, I just have to hear this.:rolleyes:

MOhillbilly 09-01-2009 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by frazod (Post 6022190)
He was an amazing guy - probably the most skilled gunman of the era.

hmmmm i always considered wes hardin more of a cold blooded murderer & wild bill more the iconic shootist.

Braincase 09-01-2009 01:12 PM

Disney

Quiet Storm 09-01-2009 01:13 PM

oh yea, I forgot, Leo Strauss.

Frazod 09-01-2009 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by MOhillbilly (Post 6022367)
hmmmm i always considered wes hardin more of a cold blooded murderer & wild bill more the iconic shootist.

Hardin was pretty much unequalled in his prowess with a pistol. Even in later life he was still capable of pulling off amazing trick shots. Hickok himself was reluctant to challenge him.

But yes, he was definitely a cold blooded killer.


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