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At the time the Senate censured Thomas Dodd, I was a kid and thought he deserved it. Now I'm not so sure. He criticized JFK for not taking a harder line against Castro. Then he went after Fulbright for being a dove and supported Nixon's Viet Nam policy.

Did the anti-American Democrats who were in the process of taking over the party do him in? I saw Dodd briefly in 1970 when, after not receiving the Democrat nomination, he ran for Senate as an Independent. He looked like hell. A year later, he was dead.

What is your take on the events?

I did not keep up with the Senator Dodd - the father of Chris Dodd, Marxist lover that he is. But if you read the testimony of Pastor Wurmbrand - all through it one notices that the older Senator Dodd - the good news - gave the Pastor a good hearing of his sufferings at the hands of the communists - something that would NOT BE DONE today by ANY Democrat. The bad news is that Senator appeared to not be able to hear or understand the Pastor at different times in the testimony. Perhaps he was distracted, I don't know.

But, yes, those were the days when the Democratic party still had members who were anti-communists.

If there is one left in it today - let me know. I know of none. And NONE of today's Democrats are worthy of untying the shoelaces of Pastor Wurmbrand or his wife.

I am not old enough to remember Tom Dodd! :)

I thought his scandal was about 7 years after Nuremburgh?

I dont remember him being censored much later, from what I read, what was it he did??