Quote from Rose in Sisters and Other Strangers
Rose: This is terrible! I was raised to hate Communists. I remember in the early '50s when McCarthy came to St. Olaf to speak in the town square. I was never so moved by a public speaker. Although some people thought he was a puppet for the right wing. No, wait. That was Charlie McCarthy. Dorothy: I'd have put money on that. Rose: But still, St. Olaf's town motto was "Better Ned than red." Ned was sort of the town idiot. Sophia: When? On your days off?