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Joe McCarthy was brought down by attacks on his decency. Trump will lose the same way.
Washington Post ^ | August 1, 2016 | Harold Pollack

Posted on 08/02/2016 10:53:39 AM PDT by Enchante

What the Khans can teach us about the Republican nominee's vulnerabilities....

....Khan’s words call to mind another unexpected moment from more than 60 years ago, when another dignified lawyer rebuked Sen. Joe McCarthy....

....Welch drew blood from McCarthy with his famous question: “Have you no sense of decency, sir?”

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016; 2016election; demagogues; democraps; democrats; dnc; khan; media; mediascum; msm; republicans; trump
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To: Trump20162020

WOW!!!

That really says it all!

5 Pictures really are worth 10 thousand words.

Yet...and yet you still have those “conservatives” at this and other conservative sites who say Trump shouldn’t “have taken the bait” (the new MSM narrative for the last 5 days) on Khan....actually assuming that no matter what Trump or any other gop would do would actually make a difference in their propaganda errrrrr, coverage.


81 posted on 08/02/2016 11:44:26 AM PDT by ctpsb
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To: Enchante

Now they’re trying to compare Trump to McCarthy. Their passion is a measure of the threat he poses to the Establishment.


82 posted on 08/02/2016 11:51:26 AM PDT by Savage Beast (Trump is the Resistance! Vive la résistance!)
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To: DiogenesLamp

“But Joe McCarthy turned out to be correct, and those “attacks on his decency” turned out to be lies.”

Irrelevant. It’s the accusation that resonates, not whether it is true or not. Trump can say everything that is true, but if no one reports on it, it doesn’t come out as true.

Saying oops after the fact, without accountability is how the left operates.


83 posted on 08/02/2016 11:52:04 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Common Sense Trump and Pence. More of the same Clinton and Kaine.)
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To: dragnet2

The trouble being articulating lies and extreme statements move peoples attitudes towards accepting the statements as true. This is experimentally verified.


84 posted on 08/02/2016 11:52:33 AM PDT by AEMILIUS PAULUS
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To: Enchante
LOL!
I read the headline and thought it was saying that Joe McCarthy was brought down because he was a decent man (and that he was, exposing and fighting the communist infiltration of our government and society), as would Donald Trump - another decent man fighting for our Country.

I thought it odd that the Washington ComPost would convey this message, but thought that a guest writer might had slipped through their DNC/ Marxist Praetorian Guard. But nope, the ComPost had the Edward Murrow (sp?) angle on " decency".

85 posted on 08/02/2016 11:52:33 AM PDT by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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To: laplata
Powerful and painfully true. I often say that I blame the voters far more than the politicians. The nature of the Clintons is to lie, cheat and steal. They've been doing it on our national stage for close to 25 years, and longer when you go back to their days in Arkansas. Despite ever new scandals like the email server and Benghazi, they continue to enjoy the support of enough voters (the 47% that Romney correctly identified and then threw away by sending Ryan out to apologize for it in the VP debate) across the country to have Her Heinous able to rig the nomination for herself to get the rest of the votes she needed and now directly challenge for the White House.

There is no longer a when that will occur and these people will suddenly come to their senses. They won't. You have to win by taking as much of the remaining 53% as possible and when you get in, must remove every last vestige of the previous regime and relentlessly push your agenda while making no pretense of being bipartisan. You won, they lost and your superior policies and ideas are the only game in town. When you succeed, as Reagan succeeded, you will gain enough to your side to be firmly in control.

86 posted on 08/02/2016 11:53:13 AM PDT by Dahoser (Separation of church and state? No, we need separation of media and state.)
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To: Enchante
Trump will lose the same way.

This is not the Candidate you were looking for.

This is not the Candidate we were looking for.

The corruption is strong with this Media...

87 posted on 08/02/2016 11:55:28 AM PDT by epluribus_2 (he had the best mom - ever.)
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To: Enchante

The sky is falling said Chicken Little. Stop posting this worthless garbage.


88 posted on 08/02/2016 11:57:20 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Dahoser

Right on!!!!

We are in an uphill battle and must risk nothing and use every tool at our disposal to overcome obstacles and attract as many as possible. We must fight “smart”.

I want Trump to win and not needlessly lose.

I guess I’m a “Concern Troll”. So be it.


89 posted on 08/02/2016 11:58:59 AM PDT by laplata ( Speaking The Truth Is Now Considered 'Hate Speech')
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To: Enchante

Sorry the Khan game has already been exposed,he wiped his web site from the internet,his scam of selling green cards for Muslims has been exposed.
The only characters exposed again are the lying Clinton’s and mass media


90 posted on 08/02/2016 11:59:12 AM PDT by ballplayer (hvexx NKK c bmytit II iyijjhihhiyyiyiyi it iyiiy II i hi jiihi ty yhiiyihiijhijjyjiyjiiijyuiiijihyii)
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To: Enchante

Sorry the Khan game has already been exposed,he wiped his web site from the internet,his scam of selling green cards for Muslims has been exposed.
The only characters exposed again are the lying Clinton’s and mass media


91 posted on 08/02/2016 11:59:32 AM PDT by ballplayer (hvexx NKK c bmytit II iyijjhihhiyyiyiyi it iyiiy II i hi jiihi ty yhiiyihiijhijjyjiyjiiijyuiiijihyii)
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To: RummyChick
will be interesting to see if the Khan rhetoric dies down now that he is scrubbing the internet

"Leave me alone! Hillary never said you infidels would actually fight back! Go away!"


92 posted on 08/02/2016 12:00:05 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (Donald Trump, warts and all, is not a public enemy. The Golems in the GOP are stasis and apathy)
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To: Enchante

UGH, I could see this coming, the media pile on.


93 posted on 08/02/2016 12:01:06 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: laplata

There are things in my control and things out of my control.

TRUMP 2016 WIN WIN WIN


94 posted on 08/02/2016 12:02:04 PM PDT by Huck (BE STRONG. DO NOT SHOW THE ENEMY YOUR FEAR. FIGHT AND WIN. TRUMP 2016)
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To: Red Badger

Actually, I think ordinary Americans liked Joe McCarthy. It was the elites that hated him.


95 posted on 08/02/2016 12:02:11 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: Enchante

Hillary is a better target for this approach.


96 posted on 08/02/2016 12:02:13 PM PDT by ConservativeMind ("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticide, abortion, and euthanasia.")
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To: Enchante

Then maybe Mr. Trump should make sure history is accurate. Cite the release of the Venona Papers as proving McCarthy was right. Assert that because he was right the left needed to obfuscate and destroy McCarthy personally.


97 posted on 08/02/2016 12:03:04 PM PDT by Kudsman (Hillary has perfected the politics of personal profit and theft. DJTrump 6/22/16)
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To: Enchante; All

The Globalist are on full attack of Trump.

Trump is flying into the Flak for all of us.

We need to stand up and for him.


98 posted on 08/02/2016 12:04:13 PM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: All

Well, we all expect the leftwing media DNC propagandists like the Washington Post to attack any Republican Candidate.

What really ‘grinds my gears’ is that the supposed “conservative” media is echoing the lies and spin of the lefties.

I hope all the “True Conservative” (Establishment) pimps, hos and johns enjoy having helped elect the most corrupt and evil woman in U.S. federal level political history, who will allow her Muslim Brotherhood allies run the country while she robs the world blind.

Oh, and enjoy your war with Russia, you Neo-con pseudo-True Con’ dupes.

All because you don’t like someone who speaks the truth, but in a way you consider vulgar.


99 posted on 08/02/2016 12:04:17 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: Huck

There are things in my control and things out of my control.

TRUMP 2016 WIN WIN WIN


You do have control of how you win. Fight smart.


100 posted on 08/02/2016 12:04:24 PM PDT by laplata ( Speaking The Truth Is Now Considered 'Hate Speech')
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