excerpts from Ann Coulter's book "Treason":
As even McCarthy's critics concede, "A host of other right-wing Republicans had sought to dramatize the communism issue, but only McCarthy succeeded. And McCarthy succeeded while others did not in part because of his throughgoing contempt for the rules of political controversy." McCarthy forced liberals to make an accounting of themselves in full view of the American people. To defend themselves, liberals made McCarthy the issue. Ever since, he has been judged under a jurisprudence of epithets.
To defend themselves, liberals made McCarthy the issue. Ever since, he has been judged under a jurisprudence of epithets.
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In my experience, and in this case...there is real truth in the activity under investigation...but the tactics used to get to the truth often becomes the issue.
And, unfortunately...wih hot issues like this, even to be questioned...marks a person as guilty in the eyes of the uniformed. Hysteria overrules reason and the wait for factual information.