Alan was taken aback.
He kept repeating Joe McCarthy?, Joe McCarthy? ...as Sean continued the conversation.
This needs to be said clearly and more often.
There is no response to so noble a truth!
Yes, and I must say that is disheartening to hear that disgrace Kennedy taking it upon himself to define what a 'mainstream conservative' is, while the GOP is silent and lets him get away with it.
O'Connor is not a conservative on social issues, and let's face it, those are the most hot-button and contentious issues the court deals with. She is a liberal, and to not respond forcefully to an orchestrated Dem/Left attempt to define what is and is not a reasonable conservative is to cede public opinion in the matter.
Where was Santorum, or Allen, or Coburn, or Frist? They should have been lampooning that buffoon from Mass, pointing out that ANYONE looks conservative compared to that clown.