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McCarthy's right hand man was a fellow named Roy Cohn. Nixon main red-hunting claim to fame was the Alger Hiss case, which involved microfilm hidden in pumpkins by State Department employees (or something like that).
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Right. I thought I wasn't sleeping through that History class.
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I think that the "ancestor" Spock was referring to is supposed to be none other than that master of logic, Sherlock Holmes. I believe this lineage is mentioned in one of the non-canon Trek books, Amanda supposedly being descended from him.
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I think, considering that the Trek timeline and the real-life timeline are supposed to be conincidental up until around the '60s, assuming Sherlock Holmes to be a non-fictional character in the Trek universe is a bad idea. It makes a lot more sense to say Spock is related to Doyle, since he's the one who actually wrote that line.
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Or, maybe the writers could stay more towards Nimoy's herritage and have his character related to a Ukranian Titoist. And Titoist is a word I invented for the whole group of politicians who resisted the Warsaw pact and Russian soveriegnty in Eastern Europe ...
But then again, that isn't very Spock. Hmmm ..
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Nixon was rabidly anti-communist. For anyone else to open diplomatic relations with China would have made them look weak, or at least soft on communism. This created a popular saying in America, "Only Nixon could go to China". Kirk was rabidly anti-klingon. No one could accuse him of being a closet-Klingon (well, they do have similar personaliy types...) or a pro-Klingon agitator. Anyone else holding out the olive branch would be accused of colluding with the enemy, but KIRK wouldn't do that. For similar reasons, I have heard it suggested that the first female (or black, for that matter) Vice President will have to be a Republican. The Democrats are traditionally painted as liberal, and the Republicans as conservative, and programs that benefit women (or blacks) are traditionally seen as fitting a liberal agenda. Basicly, if a woman runs as a Democrat, most Republicans will vote against her. But if she runs as a Republican, many Democrats will vote for her. People are resistant to change, and quick to villify proponents of change. The best way to avoid being smeared as one of "them" is to be overwhelmingly one of "us". Pick any two groups that have been traditionally at odds, the more vehemently the better. Two examples that leap to mind are the Arabs and Isrealis or the Nation of Islam and White Supremicists. Anyone from one camp who shows empathy for the other will be (and has been) painted not as "moderate" but as an outsider, not "truly" one of "us". To open talks, you need to send someone who's allegience is unimpeachable.
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