> Ike was a liberal? Who knew.
See the review by Leo Ribuffo in Dissent of New Left historian Blanche W. Cook, "revisionist" look at Eisenhower, "The Declassified Eisenhower: A Divided Legacy" She presents a case for Ike as a liberal. Collected in hs, "Right Center Left: Essays in American History." (Cf. New Left historian, Joan Hoff on Nixon, "Nixon Reconsidered." David Greenberg in his newish book on New Left, Right and Centrist Liberal perceptions of Nixon deals w/ Hoff and much else.)
I wouldn't carry this Carrol line too far. Has a whiff of the "Social Fascist" Third Period Comintern line. Unite the Far Right and Rad Left to Smash The Social Democrats and Liberals!
-- Michael Pugliese