Kevin Baker has written an article in Harper's Magazine. He describes a long history of the claims of betrayal of right wing leaders by their opponents. He describes how this was used to criticize Roosevelt at Yalta, Truman in Korea, the American public in Vietnam, and many others. He shows how the far right has used these accusations of betrayal to distract from their own political and ideological failures and blame their opponents for all of their own problems. His description of the 1948 election is a bit weak, IMHO, because he doesn't even mention the Dixiecrats and the resulting split in the vote which led to Truman's victory. Nor does he mention how the Dixiecrats have been welcomed into the heart of the Republican party as an essential part of the current neo-conservative leadership of the Republicans. However, his article does provide an interesting history of how the right-wing has again and again painted themselves as victims who are fighting for the right in the face of both internal and external enemies. An interesting read.