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Sunday night, eight turncoat Democrats sold out every American who pays for their own health insurance through the affordable marketplaces set up by President Obama.

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I have not been completely immune from such accusations, but the terms that have been used to describe me are far more incendiary: “Traitor,” “turncoat” and “terrorist sympathizer.”

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"The level is low, today they arrest someone and if he becomes a turncoat they arrest another... wretched low-level," he was quoted as saying over his wiretapped phone.

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Between dead drops and TOR, this meant unlike traditional drug rings, no one actually has to meet face-to-face, shielding the operation from undercovers, turncoats and stool pigeons.

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Eventually they squeezed into a hovel before being discovered by a turncoat cabinet member.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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