To: servo1969
I've never been *exactly* certain what McCarthy claimed.Was he saying that *everyone* in government/showbiz/academia were Commies or just a very noticeable percentage? If it was the former then I'd say he was wrong.If it was the latter he was *absolutely* correct.
Alger Hiss comes very quickly to mind...as does one of FDR's VPs (can't recall which one...not Truman).
To: Gay State Conservative
Alger Hiss comes very quickly to mind...as does one of FDR's VPs (can't recall which one...not Truman). Henry Wallace. Thank god, FDR was too feeble by the 44 elections to insist on keeping Wallace on. Can you imagine having an unrepentant communist as president during the start of the cold war, or during Korea?
40 posted on
10/19/2015 2:20:17 PM PDT by
sharkhawk
(Here come the Hawks, the mighty Black Hawks)
To: Gay State Conservative
Re: “Alger Hiss comes very quickly to mind...as does one of FDR's VPs (can't recall which one...not Truman).”
You are thinking of Henry Wallace, a closet Communist, who was the sitting Vice President just 11 weeks before FDR's death.
Can you imagine how the post-war negotiations would have turned out if Wallace and Stalin were writing the treaty?
Truman and Stalin were a disaster for the USA.
Wallace would have been a geopolitical catastrophe!
To: Gay State Conservative
McCarthy only dealt with communists in the government.
59 posted on
10/20/2015 7:15:05 AM PDT by
Borges
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