Coulter sounds off in latest book

Yahoo & AP ^ | Wed Sep 24,12:27 PM ET | By FRAZIER MOORE, AP Television Writer

[GoGophers]

Harry S. was about the last Democrat to hold that office that was worth a damn.

Kennedy was definitely anti-Communist.

[IGOTMINE]

You miss the point entirely. It was at these conferences that eastern europe was ceded to the Soviets. And Alger Hiss was the hidden hand.

[IGOTMINE]

Yes. The last Carter budget was submitted in 1979. Just before an election. Just after the Soviets invaded Afghanistan. Just after his utter humiliation at the hands of the Iranians. Gotta hand it to Jimmy. It only took him three years in office to figure out that the Evil Empire was our enemy.

[IGOTMINE]

"Kennedy was definitely anti-Communist."

Yes, but his half-assed approach via the "Whiz Kids" cost us plenty, a debt that was compounded with Johnson's bungling.

[GoGophers]

You miss the point entirely. It was at these conferences that eastern europe was ceded to the Soviets. And Alger Hiss was the hidden hand.

I didn't miss the point. The Soviets already controlled Eastern and Central Europe at the time of the Potsdam Conference. How could Truman have forced the Soviets out of Eastern and Central Europe?

[GoGophers]

Yes, but his half-assed approach via the "Whiz Kids" cost us plenty, a debt that was compounded with Johnson's bungling.

I agree. But he was still not a supporter of communism or a traitor. Incompetence is not treason.

[GoGophers]

It only took him three years in office to figure out that the Evil Empire was our enemy.

Definitely better as an ex-President...

[IGOTMINE]

"However, the same Democratic Party supported the war in Afghanistan."

The Democrats can do nothing if not read polls well.

And we can't discuss the action in Afghanistan to destroy the Taliban and unseat Al Queda without mentioning the feckless performance of the Clinton administration and their lame "war on terror". If they had treated UBL as a big a threat as they did the Branch Davidians, 9/11 would never have happened.

[IGOTMINE]

Kennedy was anti-communist and put the country first. I doubt very much he would recognize his party today.

[IGOTMINE]

"You miss the point entirely. It was at these conferences that eastern europe was ceded to the Soviets. And Alger Hiss was the hidden hand."

"I didn't miss the point. The Soviets already controlled Eastern and Central Europe at the time of the Potsdam Conference. How could Truman have forced the Soviets out of Eastern and Central Europe?"

The point is that Truman was handed a fait accompli by Hiss. The option he could have used, and did use to move the Russians out of Iran, was the threat of atomic annihilation. The reason he didn't was that the Potsdam and Iran had set the course for post-war Europe. The Russians were supposed to leave Iran and didn't. I believe the message was, "Get out, or we will drop it on you".

[rightofrush]

Stuartess--flight attendant

Perhaps in Scotland?

[GoGophers]

I doubt very much he would recognize his party today.

No doubt.

[chudogg]

We did not hand over Eastern Europe to the Communists.

The Yalta Conference legitimized the actions of the Soviet Union. This was coordinated by communist spies working in the Roosevelt Admin