Feel free to publish, post, or pass on Your Weekly Politickle by F.R. Duplantier: AMERICAN HERO All the reds Joe McCarthy once named Have turned out to be just what he claimed. Is this patriot praised For the warnings he raised? No, McCarthy’s the one who is shamed! (Like Joe …
In recent years, stunning revelations from archives in Washington and Moscow have confirmed that McCarthy’s investigations – and those conducted by other officials before and after – netted not innocent and imaginary “witches,” but secret cadres of hardened Communist agents determined to bring down the American republic. Surely, this makes …
“McCarthyism” is a noxious term, so much so that any public figure accused of it becomes an instantaneous pariah. “McCarthyism” is also an ironic term, for two reasons. First, Senator Joseph McCarthy never engaged in any of the tactics associated with the term “McCarthyism.” He did not make wild, unsubstantiated …
Nearly 40 years after the death of Senator Joseph R. McCarthy, twice-elected United States Senator from Wisconsin, the term “McCarthyism” is still widely used as a convenient epithet for all that is evil and despicable in the world of politics. Hardly a month passes without some reference to “McCarthyism” in …
