[driftless2]

I don’t repudiate McCarthy, because he was far more right than wrong (the Marshall smear being an exception) and actually did the country a great service. Because there were a lot of commies in the government, and he made them run for cover. Although I’m sure that most Birchers were patriotic Americans, prominent Birch leaders making absurd claims about Eisenhower and others made things worse.

[Tublecane]

I don’t repudiate him, either. It’s a losing effort, is all. Not that it should matter to a conservative, since we’re always losing. But I prefer to defend more worthwhile losers.

The story is out on our creeping socialism and the abominable history of communist infiltration of government and direction of policy in the twentieth century. Do we have to salvage Birchers and McCarthy too, specifically? I won’t waste much time trying.

[nothingnew]

Because there were are a lot of commies in the government,

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I'm a Bircher btw.

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