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Coulter fails to mention that McCarthy defended Nazi SS Officers who were convicted of slaughtering 88 American POWs.

Ok,. I'll address this one, based on the various articles and other pieces I've read about this episode this morning - what I got out of it, was that McCarthy was not necessarily defending the SS Officers who allegedly committed this attrocity, so much as he was fighting against the apparent manner in which their confessions were garnered - whether he was right or wrong, I can't say as I wasn't there, but a[pparently he believed in the system of Truth and Justice enough to fight against what he though was a blow against that system... but maybe that's just me...

Thanks, finally, a thoughtful response. I think it's important to exonerate McCarthy of this "Nazi" charge if we are going to hold him up as a hero.

As I said, I haven't read all of "Treason", but from the parts I've read and her TV appearances I've seen, it seems that she indicts liberals on the basis of hindsight...i.e. since the Verona cables show that such-and-such WAS a spy, then everyone who defended him is a traitor...It seems to me that in hindsight, these Nazis really WERE bastards who murdered American soldiers, and that Nazis were financing their defense. So how does McCarthy not fall under Coulter's seemingly broad standard of treason?

I don't disagree that there were many liberal traitors back in the day and today...I just think Ann's standard is a little too loose and broad...but again, just my opinion. I also think that it may have been in Coulter's favor to mention McCarthy's role in the Malmedy massacre trial. After all, if it can be shown that he was a levelheaded defender of proper justice, even when it came to Nazis....then it would be much harder for liberal critics to call him a maddog willing to destroy the Constitution.