They hated Nixon for exactly the same reason -- he understood that communists were a real threat inside this country. The Left didn't hate Nixon because of Watergate. The Left had been tryign to take Nixon down for about 25 years -- it just wasn't until Watergate that they were able to get it done.
Nixon and McCarthy: two American heroes.
15 posted on 06/10/2012 6:23:11 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy
(Obama needs more time. After all -- Rome wasn't burned in a day.)
Exactly! And John and Bobby Kennedy were both big fans. Bobby even chose Joe McCarthy as Katherine’s Godfather...that’s Kathleen Kennedy Townsend. Ain’t life funny?!
17 posted on 06/10/2012 6:29:10 PM PDT by gorush
(History repeats itself because human nature is static)