Ah yes, some things never change.
Yanks rock!
And, actually, the Venona Papers revealed that McCarthy really was right. If I remember right, no one actually lost their job over his hearings, though some were reassigned.
And McCarthy had nothing to do with Hollywood blacklisting, that was Hollywood people blacklisting each other. And that came out of the earlier HUAC hearings, which pre-dated McCarthy.
Well said.
I’ve always belived that McCarthy was a hero. Robert Kennedy worked on this committee also. Back then lots of Democrats were real Americans still. Now most are Communist.
Ann Coulter was, of course, correct again.
That’s a nice piece, wendell... I’m 7 years older than you and I remember the first time we said “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance in school. To add to your litany, I remember TV programs that celebrated American history and heroes: GE Theater (hosted by Ronald Reagan) and DuPont’s Cavalcade of America. I had only vague recollections of the proceedings of the “House Un-American Activities” committee, but having read Whitaker Chambers’ fantastic autobiography “Witness”, it’s clear that McCarthy and Nixon and the other anti-communists in Congress in the early 1950’s were right about the infiltration of our government — going back 20+ years and throughout World War II.
Speaking of Reagan, isn’t it also interesting that he was host of the GE Show on Sunday evenings... and would later take on the two biggest threats to American society in the middle of the 20th century: unions in American industry (his role as spokesperson for GE and his role as President of the Screen Actors Guild) and the Communist menace around the globe — and he would beat them both within our lifetimes! Now THERE’S a MAN!
Anyone who honestly thinks that McCarthy was a nut job, should read “Blacklisted by History” by M. Stanton Evans—2007.
Tailgunner Joe is an American hero that was demonized by the CFR media and Democrats.
well said...
I believe the door was really opened in 1961 when we had a chance to flick the castro brothers into the Ocean like fleas. St Kennedy choked.
there was something spiritually significant important about communism being 90 miles away from us.
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We have not had a Senator from Wisconsin as good as Joe McCarthy since he left office.
On June 9, 1954 Kitty Kallen’s “Little Things Mean A Lot” was perched atop the pop charts, while Eddy Arnold’s “I Really Don’t Want To Know” topped the hillbilly charts (I prefer Mary Ford’s version).
The Midnighters ruled the rhythm and blues charts with “Work With Me, Annie,” a song that would inspire at least a dozen answers, including their own follow-up, “Annie Had a Baby,” “Annie Pulled a Humbug” by the Midnights, “Annie’s Answer” by the Platters, “The Wallflower” by Etta James & the Peaches, and “Roll On” by the Lamplighters. A week later, Joe Turner would dethrone the Midnighters with “Shake, Rattle & Roll.”
Hollywood engages in a political blacklist today and thinks nothing of it. Conservatives in Hollywood are numerous behind the scenes but are afraid to publicly speak out for fear of losing work.
And there WERE Reds in Hollywood. More than just Hanoi Jane engaging in treason in Vietnam siding with the enemy and Marlon Brando carrying around Mao’s Little Red Book.
At the time, Vera Lynn's tribute to Queen Elizabeth, "Queen of Everyone's Heart," on the London label, could be found in some record stores. And, for that matter, the Thrillers, a rhythm and blues group, waxed a rocker on the Herald label entitled "'Lizabeth"--a drinking song which has little to do with the queen--which came out in late June.
...and The Cleveland Indians still can’t win when it counts.
Neither can the USC Trojans, who lost to the Bruins as well as the Domers. However, the Trojans managed to secure a Rose Bowl birth because UCLA, which had gone the year before, was ineligible to return under the "no repeat" rule in existence at the time. Meanwhile, 1954 saw UCLA win its only national championship.
McCarthy was right about Communist infiltration. He just went about it the wrong way. He couldn’t provide the evidence that I’m assuming the Army was feeding him from the Venona Project. He did appear to be on a witch hunt with little or no proof and that’s the way the press portrayed him to the best of their ability.
It was confirmed by the Venona Papaers.
We need a Joe McCarthy today with all the America-hating totalitarians in our government.
Nice. thanks...
I was driving thru Forney, Tx. the other night and saw a bumper sticker stating “ We Need Another Joe McCarthy “...
Gave me a tingly feeling in my heart....
Good comments and welcome to FR.
Agree with you that tailgunner Joe was DAMN RIGHT, but still believe the 1950s were an era of ascendant liberalism in both parties, with high taxes to boot. I prefer to idealize the 1890s myself.
Lucy, you got some splainin' to do....