Mr Kerry's talk about Benedict Arnold corporations exporting American jobs goes down well in the rustbelt.

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Washington and Benedict Arnold: A Tale of Two Patriots, Palmer captured it in one word: character.

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During his unsuccessful 2004 presidential campaign, candidate John Kerry denigrated Benedict Arnold companies that outsourced production and service functions to places like India.

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After the first three years of the Revolutionary War, every patriot recognized two men as the greatest warriors and leaders of the time: George Washington commander of the Continental Army, and Benedict Arnold, captor of Fort Ticonderoga, invader of Canada, and victor of the battle of Saratoga.

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