Really.
...the Right was all over him like ugly on ape.
I'd like to see one concrete example of that. Just one.
Would that be the pro-Soviet Right of the time? Then who?
The vote in the House in support of the boycott was 386 to 12. Support was just as strong in the Senate, although I don't have an exact vote. If Republicans had any complaints, it was that the measures weren't strong enough.
Domestic support, other than by atheletes, was strong, with polls of the public in the 60 to 70 percent range.