Re: A history list

[Marc James Small <msmall@infi.net>]

At 05:05 AM 10/22/02 EDT, SDonell73@aol.com wrote:
>What a joke that is, or maybe it's just a case of being misinformed.
>Liberals for Mac had about the same standing as Jews for Hitler. MacArthur
>was a darling of the Conservatives. If you can't accept that check out any
>bio of Mac. They supported his election for president, 

Uh, Sandy?  Planet Earth to Sandy?  Check the record.  MacArthur was what
would now be known as a liberal Republican -- his closest political
cronies, Hoover and the like, were hardly on the Taft wing, and it was
Taft's refusal to have ANYTHING to do with "that left-wing MacArthur" which
threw the 1952 nomination to the moderate nebbish, Eisenhower.

Again, the record on this one is clear:  MacArthur was a moderate liberal,
and so were his political friends.  

And I suppose I'll now be exposed to some incoherent responses.  If so,
Sandy, hold your peace.  Read and learn.  Talk with the surviving politicos
of the era.  Then let's talk -- but, let's do so off-list, as we are
pushing the limits of what is, after all, a military history list.

Marc

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