Since Royce White is from Minnesota, he ought to know about this retort by then Sen. Walter Mondale in his debate against Bob "Bob Dole" Dole in 1976:
"Senator Dole has richly earned his reputation as a hatchet man tonight, by implying, and stating, that World War II and the Korean War were Democratic wars. Does he really mean to suggest to the American people that there was a partisan difference over our involvement in the war to fight Nazi Germany? "