[Wallace T.]

Juxtaposing one person's record next to that of a known Communist is not a clean tactic. First of all, the U.S. Congress of the 1940s was not voting on collectivizing heavy industry or closing the churches, but on issues that split on liberal vs. conservative lines, such as the minimum wage or civil rights for black people. On most issues, leftists will agree with liberals.

The technique of misleading comparisons is frequently used by the Left, such as comparing law and order supporters or anti-immigration activists to the Nazis by juxtaposing statements by Spiro Agnew or Pat Buchanan with those made by Hitler or other top Nazis. It is not justified any more than were any of McCarthy's inaccuracies, even if Nixon's sins were of lesser magnitude.

[MEG33]

I think I recognize some baiting going on by a certain flame thrower!