[DoughtyOne]

I've not made a value judgement comment regarding that here. If we had a candidate who's father was involved in those goups, I'd assess that situation on it's own merits.

We could address Stalin, Lenin, Mao, Pol Pot, Idi Amin, Saddam Hussein and everyone else you could bring up, but it wouldn't mean anything in this context. And I think you know we'd agree about their criminality.

[RobbyS]

If we had a Russian immigrant candidate whose father was an ex-communist, the left would think nothing of it at all. Marxism-Leninism is responsible for the death of more people than any other "Faith" in history, but no one cares. The Left thinks of Stalin as an embarrasment, not representative of the system. They are simply incapable of becoming outraged when they hear what he did; indeed they will stop their ears so they can't hear.