We owe Senator McCarthy a debt of gratitude, because he made communism disreputable to Americans in general. He does not get the credit for that that he deserves, in my opinion. Before McCarthy, youthful dalliances with communism were seen as simply an indiscretion and nothing more. After McCarthy it was seen as shameful. And that was good.
Since then, communists have been required to take a measured and patient approach through the 60s 70s, and even the 80s. But when Bill Clinton became president, all that caution went out the window (or at least the cultural shame we felt should be applied to communists) the communists began to emerge from the woodwork and venture out into the open.
Bill Clinton should've been bad enough, but then Obama?
Yes, in the 70s and 80s, those 60s radicals cut their hair and put on suits, entering the halls of power themselves that no longer had the will or desire to exclude them from it. They worked their way up the ladders of power until they actually had their hands on real power.
And then, within the last couple of election cycles they began to increase in boldness.
With Obama's presidency just about over, and Hillary Clinton looking like she was going to take over, things seemed pretty rosy for the left.
But then, Trump happened.
He pushed the right buttons to wake people up as to where we were, and what was needed to at least slow, if not halt that slide to the abyss. There were a lot of people in this country who needed to hear somebody say things like:
"Having open borders is national suicide."
"Climate Change is a Hoax."
"Leftists have weaponized government."
And last but not least, at his 2026 State of The Union speech, which to me, ranks up there with Churchill's "Finest Hour" speech! (Only semi-kidding!):
