Fair comment that you do not agree with the political philosophy of either Zinn or McGovern. Me neither. The point is that they are also patriotic Americans who have risked evrything so that we can continue to enjoy freedom. They are not traitors because we disagree with them. They are merely Americans with whom we strongly disagree and whose policies we must oppose - legally - not demononize as traitors.
Gimlet, I agree with your comment. I know nothing of Zinn, but McGovern was a brave man who fought for his country and I respect him to this day for that.
Yet I think that George's political philosophy would have been ruinous for the United States had he been elected president.
He was defeated at the polls, which is as it should be.