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		<title>By: yamaconham</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Dec 2013 04:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great stuff from you, man. Ive read your stuff<br />
before and youre just too awesome. I love what youve got here, love what youre<br />
saying and the way you say it. You make it entertaining and you still manage to<br />
keep it smart. I cant wait to read more from you. This is really a great blog.giàn phơi | giàn phơi đồ</p>
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		<title>By: Smee</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Dec 2013 10:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[thanks for this info :)]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>thanks for this info <img src="http://cdn.frontpagemag.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" /> </p>
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		<title>By: Jaroslaw</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Sep 2013 02:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have now read American Betrayal, Radosh’s venomous attack and
West’s lengthy three-part rebuttal. My conclusion: West in the scholarly one
and it is Radosh that comes across as an ‘unhinged” character assassin, a
profession he must have picked up from his communist past. David Horowitz’s
words in this regard are fitting: “Well designed attacks on an opponent’s
credibility can overpower well-crafted messages.”

No one has connected all the dots like West. NO ONE! She synthesizes
all of the material and findings of the past three-quarters of the century into
a coherent and believable narrative. However, it’s not an easy read; she has a
quirky way of writing and it takes a lot of patience to uncover all of the gems
contained in the book. Let me explain why feel this way. 

As a survivor of communism I’ve had a lifelong interest in this topic. I vividly recall the last year of WWII and the time after the war in DP camp outside Regensburg, only 120 kilometers from the Czechoslovak frontier
where Soviet armored divisions were ready to move. The refugees from Communism were all convinced that it was only a matter of time before a war between Americans and Russians was going to break out. Endless conversations among adults in the DP camps always revolved around the question “how could Roosevelt give away half of Europe to Stalin?” This was unfathomable and even though they could not prove it, common sense told them that FDR’s administration must have been riddled with communist agents of influence. There was no other explanation. 

It took a long time but finally someone has put it all together. What the DP refuges only suspected, West’s demonstrates in astonishing detail that
their suspicion of conspiracy was correct. 

On every point Radosh had raised, West’s rebuttal provides a plausible explanation and in the process she has demonstrated his lack of scholarship and professionalism.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have now read American Betrayal, Radosh’s venomous attack and<br />
West’s lengthy three-part rebuttal. My conclusion: West in the scholarly one<br />
and it is Radosh that comes across as an ‘unhinged” character assassin, a<br />
profession he must have picked up from his communist past. David Horowitz’s<br />
words in this regard are fitting: “Well designed attacks on an opponent’s<br />
credibility can overpower well-crafted messages.”</p>
<p>No one has connected all the dots like West. NO ONE! She synthesizes<br />
all of the material and findings of the past three-quarters of the century into<br />
a coherent and believable narrative. However, it’s not an easy read; she has a<br />
quirky way of writing and it takes a lot of patience to uncover all of the gems<br />
contained in the book. Let me explain why feel this way. </p>
<p>As a survivor of communism I’ve had a lifelong interest in this topic. I vividly recall the last year of WWII and the time after the war in DP camp outside Regensburg, only 120 kilometers from the Czechoslovak frontier<br />
where Soviet armored divisions were ready to move. The refugees from Communism were all convinced that it was only a matter of time before a war between Americans and Russians was going to break out. Endless conversations among adults in the DP camps always revolved around the question “how could Roosevelt give away half of Europe to Stalin?” This was unfathomable and even though they could not prove it, common sense told them that FDR’s administration must have been riddled with communist agents of influence. There was no other explanation. </p>
<p>It took a long time but finally someone has put it all together. What the DP refuges only suspected, West’s demonstrates in astonishing detail that<br />
their suspicion of conspiracy was correct. </p>
<p>On every point Radosh had raised, West’s rebuttal provides a plausible explanation and in the process she has demonstrated his lack of scholarship and professionalism.</p>
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		<title>By: Whirlwinder</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Whirlwinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Sep 2013 15:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Horowitz, are you reverting to your communistic days? I consider Diana&#039;s book as truthful. You should try reading it with an open mind. And, by the way, stop begging me for money. You will not see any.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Horowitz, are you reverting to your communistic days? I consider Diana&#8217;s book as truthful. You should try reading it with an open mind. And, by the way, stop begging me for money. You will not see any.</p>
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		<title>By: Merican</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Merican]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Aug 2013 00:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[See the current posting &quot;M. Stanton Evans Rebuts Ronald Radosh, 2008&quot; which is another example of Radosh&#039;s bombastic type of insulting and unprofessional book review.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>See the current posting &#8220;M. Stanton Evans Rebuts Ronald Radosh, 2008&#8243; which is another example of Radosh&#8217;s bombastic type of insulting and unprofessional book review.</p>
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		<title>By: gabriel benzur</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Aug 2013 22:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I began reading the articles that Ms West wrote regarding her book this summer while enjoying an otherwise very pleasant afternoon in Maine. I am very much an amateur historian, but after only few minutes it be became apparent to me that Ms West was more concerned with selling books than scoring  valid, historical points.  Dr Horowitz, and other legitimate historians, are perfectly justified in sending Ms West &quot;insulting emails&quot;  because she certainly is deserving of them. She is an insult to any historian, amateur or professional, who attempts to study history objectively. Her &quot;interpretation&quot; of history reflects ignorance of facts as well as a desire to sell as many books as she can to ignorant readers who are excited  by the idea of conspiracy theories. Even the casual reader of history will find her ideas both amusing and disturbing. She is, in two words, an expert in &quot;Junk History&quot;. Yes, I know she has an undergraduate degree in English from Yale. However, the Unibomber had an undergraduate degree from Harvard and Lee Oswald was a former Marine. She is an insult to conservative thought and an embarrassment  to any American who attempts to view history objectively.She, like Joe McCarthy,gives conservatism a bad name.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I began reading the articles that Ms West wrote regarding her book this summer while enjoying an otherwise very pleasant afternoon in Maine. I am very much an amateur historian, but after only few minutes it be became apparent to me that Ms West was more concerned with selling books than scoring  valid, historical points.  Dr Horowitz, and other legitimate historians, are perfectly justified in sending Ms West &#8220;insulting emails&#8221;  because she certainly is deserving of them. She is an insult to any historian, amateur or professional, who attempts to study history objectively. Her &#8220;interpretation&#8221; of history reflects ignorance of facts as well as a desire to sell as many books as she can to ignorant readers who are excited  by the idea of conspiracy theories. Even the casual reader of history will find her ideas both amusing and disturbing. She is, in two words, an expert in &#8220;Junk History&#8221;. Yes, I know she has an undergraduate degree in English from Yale. However, the Unibomber had an undergraduate degree from Harvard and Lee Oswald was a former Marine. She is an insult to conservative thought and an embarrassment  to any American who attempts to view history objectively.She, like Joe McCarthy,gives conservatism a bad name.</p>
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		<title>By: Texas Patriot</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Texas Patriot]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Aug 2013 14:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Actually they&#039;ve done a great service by showing us their true colors.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Actually they&#8217;ve done a great service by showing us their true colors.</p>
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		<title>By: Texas Patriot</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Texas Patriot]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Aug 2013 11:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I too want to thank Messrs. Radosh and Horowitz for bringing to the attention of all Americans the true sources of the deep-seated hatreds and antipathies of Neo-Communists, Neo-Leftists and Neo-Conservatives toward the time-honored and time-tested principles of Authentic American Conservatism as articulated by Barry Goldwater and Diana West.  It is now perfectly clear what has happened to the Republican Party over the past several decades.  

Before their vehement, vitriolic, and wildly hate-filled overreaction to Ms. West&#039;s book, I confess that I was somewhat mystified by the steady decline of Conservative politics in the United States since Ronald Reagan.  There is no longer any doubt about what is causing it.   And without their Kafkaesque morbidity and panic over Ms. West&#039;s exposure of the extent of Communist infiltration in the government of the United States, the causes of that decline might have remained obscure to me for yet a while longer.  

Thanks for accelerating the process guys.  

Good work.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I too want to thank Messrs. Radosh and Horowitz for bringing to the attention of all Americans the true sources of the deep-seated hatreds and antipathies of Neo-Communists, Neo-Leftists and Neo-Conservatives toward the time-honored and time-tested principles of Authentic American Conservatism as articulated by Barry Goldwater and Diana West.  It is now perfectly clear what has happened to the Republican Party over the past several decades.  </p>
<p>Before their vehement, vitriolic, and wildly hate-filled overreaction to Ms. West&#8217;s book, I confess that I was somewhat mystified by the steady decline of Conservative politics in the United States since Ronald Reagan.  There is no longer any doubt about what is causing it.   And without their Kafkaesque morbidity and panic over Ms. West&#8217;s exposure of the extent of Communist infiltration in the government of the United States, the causes of that decline might have remained obscure to me for yet a while longer.  </p>
<p>Thanks for accelerating the process guys.  </p>
<p>Good work.</p>
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		<title>By: Texas Patriot</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Texas Patriot]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Aug 2013 03:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Given the hysterical attempts by Leftist Neo-Conservatives to suppress it, I&#039;d say it&#039;s probably the most important book since Barry Goldwater&#039;s &quot;The Conscience of a Conservative&quot;.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Given the hysterical attempts by Leftist Neo-Conservatives to suppress it, I&#8217;d say it&#8217;s probably the most important book since Barry Goldwater&#8217;s &#8220;The Conscience of a Conservative&#8221;.</p>
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		<title>By: semus</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[semus]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Aug 2013 22:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks for bringing her book to my attention. I have seen the excerpts from it sounds like a very important book.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for bringing her book to my attention. I have seen the excerpts from it sounds like a very important book.</p>
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		<title>By: Stonewall</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stonewall]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Aug 2013 14:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I agree to disagree with you - apparently on everything.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree to disagree with you &#8211; apparently on everything.</p>
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		<title>By: Texas Patriot</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Texas Patriot]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Aug 2013 12:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#039;s only the Neo-Communists, the Neo-Leftists, and the Neo-Conservatives who want Diana West out of the picture.  For Authentic American Conservatives, she&#039;s the brightest light and the clearest voice of truth since Barry Goldwater.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s only the Neo-Communists, the Neo-Leftists, and the Neo-Conservatives who want Diana West out of the picture.  For Authentic American Conservatives, she&#8217;s the brightest light and the clearest voice of truth since Barry Goldwater.</p>
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		<title>By: jlrjfi</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Aug 2013 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps I am being parochial about this but what I find truly more damning is FDR&#039;s knowledge of the Holocaust and his active opposition to opposing it, his anti anti-Holocaustism.  There were 190,000 visa positions per year open for Jews.  But for one year (1941 I think), he never permitted more than 25% of the quota to be filled.  FDR was a true Jew hater and contributed to the annihilation of Europe&#039;s Jews to a highly significant extent.  He even squelched information about the slaughter.  To that extent, I think FDR committed some form of treason.  He certainly aided the destruction of hundreds of thousands of potential anti-Hitler soldiers and many more workers and researchers and such.
As for there being &quot;dupes&quot; or worse, there is plenty of evidence for that.  
At some point, the difference between clueless and complicit becomes blurred when the results are indistinguishable.
Fortunately, the Soviet Empire fell, largely of its own accord, but we certainly gave it a good push in the process.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Perhaps I am being parochial about this but what I find truly more damning is FDR&#8217;s knowledge of the Holocaust and his active opposition to opposing it, his anti anti-Holocaustism.  There were 190,000 visa positions per year open for Jews.  But for one year (1941 I think), he never permitted more than 25% of the quota to be filled.  FDR was a true Jew hater and contributed to the annihilation of Europe&#8217;s Jews to a highly significant extent.  He even squelched information about the slaughter.  To that extent, I think FDR committed some form of treason.  He certainly aided the destruction of hundreds of thousands of potential anti-Hitler soldiers and many more workers and researchers and such.<br />
As for there being &#8220;dupes&#8221; or worse, there is plenty of evidence for that.<br />
At some point, the difference between clueless and complicit becomes blurred when the results are indistinguishable.<br />
Fortunately, the Soviet Empire fell, largely of its own accord, but we certainly gave it a good push in the process.</p>
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		<title>By: ziggy zoggy</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ziggy zoggy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Aug 2013 08:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Try harder, ret@rd.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Try harder, ret@rd.</p>
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		<title>By: ziggy zoggy</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ziggy zoggy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Aug 2013 08:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes. West is a trustworthy source. (Insert rolling of eyes here.)]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes. West is a trustworthy source. (Insert rolling of eyes here.)</p>
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		<title>By: BS61</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[BS61]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Aug 2013 06:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#039;m disappointed as I was when Fox News removed the story by Todd Starnes on the Saudii link to the Boston bombing!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m disappointed as I was when Fox News removed the story by Todd Starnes on the Saudii link to the Boston bombing!</p>
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		<title>By: RCraigen</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Aug 2013 02:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Diana West is guilty.

Guilty, that is, of making historians&#039; heads explode by speaking the truth.

Not long ago (2010), it was Max Boot.  Here&#039;s &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/229502/petraeuss-israel-problem/andrew-c-mccarthy&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Andrew McCarthy summarizing&lt;/a&gt;.  See if any of this sounds a wee bit familiar:

&quot;Max Boot is a good historian. On Islam, I often disagree with him, finding in his work the wishful thinking common among Islamic Democracy Project enthusiasts. Still, he is thoughtful and civil, so one always expects to learn something from reading him. &lt;b&gt;It was therefore jarring to read his smug attempt to drum Diana West out of the conservative movement. Boot seems to see himself as William F. Buckley Jr. and West as the John Birch Society. If you’re going to play that game, you’d better be right. Boot is dead wrong&lt;/a&gt;.&quot;

So, apparently, is Ron Radosh.  I just read Diana&#039;s latest, extremely thorough &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.dianawest.net/Home/tabid/36/EntryId/2620/Radosh-Claims-I-Attack-Historians-Is-He-Right.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;response&lt;/a&gt;, and Ron&#039;s wandering &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/08/history_as_ideology_further_thoughts_on_american_betrayal_comments.html#comment-997234710&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;ramble&lt;/a&gt; through a field of conjecture about what she might have been thinking mixed in with red herrings and obfuscatory digressions rather than addressing the rather substantial counter-charges she makes or dealing with the factual material she proffers to counter his claims.

Ron, it&#039;s your own credibility on the line now.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Diana West is guilty.</p>
<p>Guilty, that is, of making historians&#8217; heads explode by speaking the truth.</p>
<p>Not long ago (2010), it was Max Boot.  Here&#8217;s <a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/229502/petraeuss-israel-problem/andrew-c-mccarthy" rel="nofollow">Andrew McCarthy summarizing</a>.  See if any of this sounds a wee bit familiar:</p>
<p>&#8220;Max Boot is a good historian. On Islam, I often disagree with him, finding in his work the wishful thinking common among Islamic Democracy Project enthusiasts. Still, he is thoughtful and civil, so one always expects to learn something from reading him. <b>It was therefore jarring to read his smug attempt to drum Diana West out of the conservative movement. Boot seems to see himself as William F. Buckley Jr. and West as the John Birch Society. If you’re going to play that game, you’d better be right. Boot is dead wrong.&#8221;</p>
<p>So, apparently, is Ron Radosh.  I just read Diana&#8217;s latest, extremely thorough <a href="http://www.dianawest.net/Home/tabid/36/EntryId/2620/Radosh-Claims-I-Attack-Historians-Is-He-Right.aspx" rel="nofollow">response</a>, and Ron&#8217;s wandering <a href="http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/08/history_as_ideology_further_thoughts_on_american_betrayal_comments.html#comment-997234710" rel="nofollow">ramble</a> through a field of conjecture about what she might have been thinking mixed in with red herrings and obfuscatory digressions rather than addressing the rather substantial counter-charges she makes or dealing with the factual material she proffers to counter his claims.</p>
<p>Ron, it&#8217;s your own credibility on the line now.</b></p>
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		<title>By: Texas Patriot</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Texas Patriot]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Aug 2013 01:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The handwriting is on the wall.  The obstinate refusal of Messrs. Radosh and Horowitz to apologize to Ms. West can only signify one thing.  They are more concerned with preserving their own legacy as Neo-Communist and Neo-Leftist Neo-Conservatives than they are with the future of the Authentic Conservative Movement in the United States today.  So be it.  What we need is a good old fashioned purge. All of the Neo-Communists, Neo-Leftists, and Neo-Conservatives that have driven the Grand Old Party into the lowest depths of failure and futility in its entire history need to be put on notice that there is no future for them in the Republican Party of the United States of America.  None whatsoever.  Sorry boys.  You had your chance to repent.  But you didn&#039;t take it.  And at this point, I just don&#039;t see that happening.  You can rail about Obama and Hillary all you want.  But I&#039;m convinced that the biggest threat to the Conservative Movement in America today is YOU.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The handwriting is on the wall.  The obstinate refusal of Messrs. Radosh and Horowitz to apologize to Ms. West can only signify one thing.  They are more concerned with preserving their own legacy as Neo-Communist and Neo-Leftist Neo-Conservatives than they are with the future of the Authentic Conservative Movement in the United States today.  So be it.  What we need is a good old fashioned purge. All of the Neo-Communists, Neo-Leftists, and Neo-Conservatives that have driven the Grand Old Party into the lowest depths of failure and futility in its entire history need to be put on notice that there is no future for them in the Republican Party of the United States of America.  None whatsoever.  Sorry boys.  You had your chance to repent.  But you didn&#8217;t take it.  And at this point, I just don&#8217;t see that happening.  You can rail about Obama and Hillary all you want.  But I&#8217;m convinced that the biggest threat to the Conservative Movement in America today is YOU.</p>
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		<title>By: Mittymo</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mittymo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Aug 2013 18:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&quot;It makes a big difference whether Hopkins was a sucker for Soviet propaganda or actually working for Soviet intelligence.&quot; 

For purposes of Stalin &amp; the achievement of his goals, it made absolutely no difference.  Whether Stalin had to pay secret agents or whether he found useful idiots high up in government (persons too dumb to be aware of the disastrous consequences they were helping to bring about) to do the same things for free, the results were the same for America, Eastern Europe, &amp; parts of central Europe.


Maybe Hopkins family will gain slightly more solace from the fact ol&#039; Harry the Hop was an idiot, rather than a spy.   But for the rest of us, it makes exactly no difference.  



For me, I would have preferred Hopkins to be a spy, rather than an idiot.  We can defend against spies through vigilance.  But there is no defense against smooth-talking idiots.  The fact that people as dumb &amp; as incompetent as Hopkins could gain high office &amp; have profound influence over a majority of American lives frightens the daylights out me.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;It makes a big difference whether Hopkins was a sucker for Soviet propaganda or actually working for Soviet intelligence.&#8221; </p>
<p>For purposes of Stalin &amp; the achievement of his goals, it made absolutely no difference.  Whether Stalin had to pay secret agents or whether he found useful idiots high up in government (persons too dumb to be aware of the disastrous consequences they were helping to bring about) to do the same things for free, the results were the same for America, Eastern Europe, &amp; parts of central Europe.</p>
<p>Maybe Hopkins family will gain slightly more solace from the fact ol&#8217; Harry the Hop was an idiot, rather than a spy.   But for the rest of us, it makes exactly no difference.  </p>
<p>For me, I would have preferred Hopkins to be a spy, rather than an idiot.  We can defend against spies through vigilance.  But there is no defense against smooth-talking idiots.  The fact that people as dumb &amp; as incompetent as Hopkins could gain high office &amp; have profound influence over a majority of American lives frightens the daylights out me.</p>
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		<title>By: Frank</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Frank]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Aug 2013 18:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This was an attack on the association of Geller and Spencer with the English Defence League, a single issue grassroots organization, not a political party.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This was an attack on the association of Geller and Spencer with the English Defence League, a single issue grassroots organization, not a political party.</p>
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