The Republicans and McCarthyism
September 21st, 2009
The Huffington Post ran this today…
“Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh are paving the way for a return of McCarthyism with their hysterical and shrill denunciations of President Obama and his administration as secret Communists and Marxists and Fascists who actually hate America and are trying to destroy it from the inside. Crooks and Liars highlights this well-done video juxtaposing the conspiracy theorists on the right with the disgraced Senator Joseph McCarthy. The result is pretty revealing.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/21/the-return-of-mccarthyism_n_293451.html
Remember, Mo’Kelly said the following:
“Seriously, even Dr. King, who, save assassination could still have been alive today would not have met the Obama administration standard. King criticized the government, openly opposed the Vietnam war and was by every GOP measure a “radical extremist.” In fact, King was far more “radical” than Van Jones and also was branded a Marxist/communist.
This is NOT a comparison of Jones and King, but a comparison of the fear tactics used to discredit them both. Notice the familiar McCarthyism wallpaper.”
- (Mo’Kelly) Dr. King Couldn’t Have Served in Obama Administration 9.7.09
Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/21/the-return-of-mccarthyism_n_293451.html
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Tags: Communism, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Glenn Beck, McCarthyism, Mo'Kelly, Rush Limbaugh, socialism, Van Jones
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I would not expect Obama to place MLK into his adminstration, just as if McCain won he would not ask Rush, or even Michael Steele to serve in their adminstration. Notice even after winning the Presidency, LBJ did not ask for King's opinion on the Civil Rights legislastion. (sorry for the mispelling) You always keep men in the trenches who can say and act what you can't say and act. This is truly sad in America that we are so divided and it is based on race. Despite how people felt about W, he "birth" was never a question as was McCain who too was born outside the country. Other nations are watching and are ashmaed.
This is America, where we have a First Amendment. I reject HuffPosts's hysterics and moreover I reject their attempt at prior restraint of other peoples' voices. It is thoroughly legitimate to challenge legislative proposals on the basis of whether or not they represent core American values.
Yes, inflammatory language excites the senses. That's quite the point.