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McCarthy asserted that if you ever met a Communist, you must be a Communist. McCain: If you ever met a terrorist, you must be a terrorist.
Guilt by association. February 9, 1950, a Republican Senator from Wisconsin was in Wheeling, West Virginia for a Lincoln Day speech. "I have here in my hand a list of 205 that were known to the Secretary of State (Dean Acheson) as being members of the Communist Party" he said, describing "as a spy ring".
This of course was on the heels of American anxiety about a newly nuclear Soviet Union. Gee, sound familiar?
McCarthy never revealed any names, but for four years, the Right made him a hero, admiring how he intimidated witnesses, forget about civil liberties, and he mocked the Fifth Amendment. Any who disagreed with his methods were subject to the same witch hunt.
His reckless ride ended on June 9, 1954, during the televised Army-McCarthy hearings. The pivotal moment evokes McCain's revival of guilt by association. McCarthy interrupted Joseph N. Welch, a Boston lawyer representing the U.S. Army, which McCarthy had accused of coddling Bolsheviks. The senator announced to the Senate committee and the television audience that Welch "has in his law firm a young man named Fisher . . . . who has been for a number of years a member of an organization which was named, oh, years and years ago, as the legal bulwark of the Communist Party, an organization which always swings to the defense of anyone who dares to expose Communists."
The episode summed up McCarthyism and hastened its end. "Little did I dream you could be so reckless and cruel as to do an injury to that lad," Welch said, in quiet, measured outrage. "He shall always bear a scar needlessly inflicted by you. If it were in my power to forgive you for your reckless cruelty, I would do so. I like to think I am a gentleman, but your forgiveness will have to come from someone other than me."
As McCarthy interrupted Welch, the lawyer's New England voice rose slightly. The dialogue transfixed a nation:
Welch: Let us not assassinate this lad further, Senator. You have done enough. Have you no sense of decency sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?
McCarthy: I know this hurts you, Mr. Welch. But I may say, Mr. Chairman, on a point of personal privilege, and I would like to finish it--
Welch:Senator, I think it hurts you, too, sir.
McCarthy: I would like to finish this.
Welch: Mr. McCarthy, I will not discuss this with you further. You have sat within six feet of me, and could have asked me about Fred Fisher. Now you have brought it out. If there is a God in heaven, it will do neither you nor your cause any good. I will not discuss it further. I will not ask Mr. (Roy) Cohn any more questions. You, Mr. Chairman, may, if you will, call the next witness.
The hearing room burst into applause. The confrontation unmasked the coward inside every bully. It also revealed the importance of a widely shared code of honor of face-to-face and man-to-man. In 1954, McCarthy violated the same code of honor that McCain has violated in 2008. If William Ayers is so important, why not ask Obama about him directly in a televised debate? As Joe Biden said in Missouri Thursday, "In my neighborhood, when you've got something to say to a guy, you look him in the eye and you say it to him."
In 1954, McCarthy was finished. The Senate condemned him on December 2 for behavior "contrary to senatorial traditions." In 1957, the senator died of a liver ailment at 48. President Eisenhower, whom McCarthy suggested was soft on Communism, told his cabinet that the movement that so convulsed the country was now "McCarthywasm." So it was until this week.
Think about it. From Palin's own mouth......A very dangerous statement. McCain isn't totally stupid, he has now tried to repudiate the whole statement. But the genie is out of the bottle, and all those people that are either plain ignorant or fearful, and potentially both, are slobbering at the gates. These are the people that McCarthy riveted. Not well done McCain, very badly done indeed.
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MoreThis is a reply to # 1,275,848The same old leftist lies! When people talk about the mainstream media they forget that it was a tool for the elitist of the day also! The lies about these investigations and McCarthy are pure Hollywood scriipted ! The same foolish mentality that fell for these lies then are the same foolish mentality that exists today from those who cant deal with the truth! Your typical liberal has no more use for truth or honesty then they do for any other moral value!
Liberals accept these lies without researching the truth if it fits their agenda!
Those who believe that Obama is an American and don't care if he is a communist have no moral values whatsoever!
And yes I believe these liberals will continue to ignore posts of enlightenment
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Sunday, June 29, 2008
By MATTHEW BROOKS
Are Jewish voters in Miami and New York the obstacle to peace in the Middle East? Of course not. But Gen. Merrill "Tony" McPeak, Sen. Barack Obama's national campaign co-chairman and top military adviser, thinks so.
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In a March 27, 2003, interview with The Oregonian, Gen. McPeak was asked to name the problem preventing peace in the Middle East. His answer: "New York City. Miami. We have a large vote - vote, here in favor of Israel. And no politician wants to run against it."
Yet despite the intense public criticism of these anti-Semitic remarks, and calls for Gen. McPeak's removal from the campaign, Sen. Obama has not asked him to step down. In fact, on June 12, Time magazine even listed Gen. McPeak as a potential vice presidential candidate for Sen. Obama.
Additional Obama advisers and campaign officials like Samantha Power and Robert Malley have also been a discouraging wake-up call to the Jewish community. Ms. Power has advocated for ending all U.S. military aid to Israel, yet was forced to resign from Sen. Obama's campaign only after calling Hillary Clinton a "monster." Mr. Malley had to leave when it was revealed that he'd been conducting meetings with Hamas. They were removed only after they proved to be political liabilities.
Sen. Obama's refusal to demonstrate principled leadership and remove Gen. McPeak has been a powerful example of his problems with the Jewish community. In temples, community centers, coffee shops and delis across Florida and the nation, Democratic, Republican and Independent Jewish voters have wondered if they can trust Sen. Obama to protect America and Israel.
Why are they skeptical? Having served barely three years in the U.S. Senate - two of which he has spent running for president - Sen. Obama's record is thin. Jewish voters need to evaluate his candidacy by asking additional questions: What role does he see for America in the Middle East? Will he be a friend to Israel? What are the influences that have shaped him? To whom does he turn for advice and guidance? And whom might he ask to serve in his administration?
According to an April 10, 2008, Los Angeles Times article, before Sen. Obama was propelled onto the national political stage, he was a well-known figure in the Palestinian community in Chicago. He often frequented Palestinian events and fund-raisers. The article notes that activist and former Palestine Liberation Organization spokesman Rashid Khalidi raised money for Sen. Obama's failed 2000 congressional campaign. And at a 2003 farewell party for Mr. Khalidi, Sen. Obama sat in attendance as a young Palestinian-American recited a poem accusing the Israeli government of Terrorism in its treatment of Palestinians and sharply criticizing U.S. support of Israel.
Sen. Obama has credited Mr. Khalidi with uncovering "my own blind spots and my own biases" regarding the plight of the Palestinians. As a paid director of the not-for-profit Woods Fund, Sen. Obama funneled $75,000 in grants to the Arab American Action Network (run by Mr. Khalidi's wife, Mona), a group that calls Israel's independence Al-Nakba (the catastrophe). While stumping in Iowa, in March 2007, Sen. Obama said, "no one is suffering more than the Palestinian people."
Perhaps the most alarming example of Sen. Obama's naive and dangerous grasp of foreign-policy issues was his willingness to meet with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad without any preconditions. Ahmadinejad consistently predicts the destruction of Israel, claims that the Holocaust is a myth and says the "satanic power of the United States" will be "annihilated."
More recently, Sen. Obama proved that he would say anything to gain support in the Jewish community. Speaking to the America Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Conference on June 4, Sen. Obama said, "Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel and it must remain undivided." Twenty-four hours later, after the applause had died down and Palestinian Authority and Hamas officials had applied pressure, Sen. Obama flip-flopped and retracted that statement on CNN, saying, "Jerusalem will be a part of these negotiations" between the Palestinians and Israel.
Sen. Obama's problems with the Jewish community are simple. Our community understands too well that our world is too dangerous and the stakes too high. Sen. Obama's naive grasp of foreign-policy issues and lack of experience render him the wrong choice for these challenging times
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