[driftless]

And Eisenhower did nothing when the Soviet Union crushed the Hungarian revolution in 1956. Reagan skedaddled out of Lebanon after the Marine bombing and did nothing when the Soviets shot down that airliner over Korea. If you want to search for examples of Republicans who didn't react when the commies did something bad, there are a number of examples.

The unfortunate fact is that some conservatives are unwilling to give a Democrat or liberal credit where credit is due. The question is what was Truman's overall record fighting communism not particular errors he might have made. His overall record was outstanding. Yesterdays Dems are not the same as todays as Horowitz, hardly a liberal apologist, has pointed out.

[Liberty Wins]

Looks like Ann's book is accomplishing an impossibility- - rousing us conservative sleepwalkers to stand up and be heard. It's way past time to rescue our dead from the liberal memory-hole and honor them with proper respect.

No question Tailgunner Joe was ridden out of Washington on trumped-up charges while intimidated Republicans stood by and watched, to their everlasting shame and regret.

And yes, Truman knew all about Alger Hiss and participated in the cover-up. An eye-opening book from the sixties, THE ORDEAL OF OTTO OTEPKA, describes Truman's furious reaction when he read the intelligence reports describing Hiss' spying activities - - - "Why, that sonoffa b**** betrayed his country!" Truman sputtered over and over again.

Failing to be honest about the real threat of internal espionage, combined with firing MacArthur, cost him the '52 election, and perhaps justly so. I was a child at the time and was shocked one day to hear my uncle declare to the whole family that Truman surely must be a Communist. After that I started watching the evening news, and clearly remember the promises made by the Republicans to "clean out the State Department." Still waiting for that one.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Reagan skedaddled out of Lebanon after the Marine bombing

. . . with a little help from the Democratic party in Congress . . . so Ann says; I don't remember that part.

[DPB101]

Eisenhower did nothing when the Soviet Union crushed the Hungarian revolution in 1956. Reagan skedaddled out of Lebanon after the Marine bombing and did nothing when the Soviets shot down that airliner over Korea. If you want to search for examples of Republicans who didn't react when the commies did something bad, there are a number of examples.

Those were all tactical and strategic decisions made in the fight against communism.

Hear the liberal talking point comparing the JFK, the Bay of Pigs and Cuba to Eisenhower's inaction during the Hungarian revolution a lot. There was one huge difference: Soviet tanks were not going to roll through the Fulda gap into Key West Florida. Besides, had Ike acted, traitors in the Democrat party would have bitched and screamed.

No comparison between what you cite as the GOP being soft on communism and having a Soviet spy in your administration, knowing about it, and promoting him--as Truman did. Republicans were not the ones who gutted the CIA and FBI in the 1970s, Republicans were not the ones who squealed like stuck pigs when Reagan decided not to contain but to bust the Soviet Union.

Remember, Democrats passed the Boland Amendment, making it ILLEGAL to fight Soviet expansion in Central America.

What else do you need to know about the Rat party than that?