[Clintonfatigued]

Clearly, the left wants to reduce Ann Coulter's image to that of a shrill, right-wing bimbo. But she has too many facts on her side, and she's articulate as well as sharp-tongued. She clearly knows what she's talking about. And it's about time that someone analyzed Joe McCarthy from an even-handed point of view, rather than as someone who existed solely to be bashed. While McCarthy made his share of mistakes (fueled by alcoholism), he was correct in his point that there was a communist threat in the country.

[kylaka]

There still IS a communist threat in this country. It is very much alive and well despite the eventual demise of communism every time it's been tried. I just consider them extrordinarily slow learners... determined, but slow. And they reproduce faster than bunny rabbits.

[xzins]

My father had always believed in Sen McCarthy, and as we got into the 70's & 80's he was one of the americans who were ridiculed for "seeing a communist behind every bush." The truth is there were a lot of communists behind a lot of bushes.

They might have been a different breed.....fabian socialists instead of the violent revolution variety, but they were nonetheless there.