It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
Voltaire
Posted on 09/27/2013 11:07:08 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
McCarthyism is on the march again from within the leadership of the Republican Party. Oh no, you say, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz is from the Tea Party, not a Republican leader. Tell that to Sarah Palin and others who argue that Cruz is the new leader of the Republicans.
They point out how Cruz took the Senate floor for 21 hours, arguing that he had to stop Obamacare funding by shutting down the government. They are proud that he said that, unlike the world that refused to stop the Nazis in 1940, he would be the hero of America and stop Obamacare funding. (He is equating Obamacare to Hitler killing 6 million Jews and Christians.)
Is this man a fraud, as he was called by Republican U.S. Rep. Peter King of New York? I don’t think so. I have no doubt that he believes what he says and ultimately will resort to name-calling and characterizing those who oppose him as unpatriotic.
Like Joe McCarthy, he uses scare tactics to bully his way to the television news screens, despite all logic that these tactics are not only abusive but full of falsehoods. Like McCarthy in the 1950s, he is a dangerous zealot who will capture the ugliest right-wingers to his side, to the detriment of America. Why else would he argue to keep millions from Obamacare, including children younger than 26 of parents with health care, and those with chronic diseases who now are dropped from care? He as a senator has the best of health care, but will lie and spread propaganda to prevent Americans from having the same.
Fortunately, Republicans such as John McCain and most Democratic senators have figured him out. They know he doesn’t care if the government shuts down because it would satisfy his right-wing buddies who will, in their hatred for Obama and Obamacare, sacrifice the fiscal responsibilities of our government and destroy its integrity.
This time around, Cruz will be stopped. But hold on to your horses – he is just beginning his march on Obamacare, Social Security, food stamps, labor, immigration and the other programs that make this country the strongest there is.
We went through the McCarthy era, and we learned what a demagogue in power can do.
We also know that we have to beware of Cruz and his policies. This includes the Republicans, who have much at stake in coming elections and need to regain control of their party or again lose favor with the voters.
Show us who you fear, and we will show you who we love.
Yeah. I have a comment.
These people are insanely tone-deaf.
One more: Cruz ROCKS!
Mix Reagan’s convictions with Nixon’s brainpower and you have got Cruz. He is scary smart.
If I am not mistaken, McCarthy was right, wasn't he?
Don’t confuse them with facts.
McCarthy was right the whole time
Cruz has really put a burr under their saddles. So many are screeching all over the place. Smells like fear.
He WAS right, and just how right he was can be confirmed by the KGB!
Yep, Blacklisted by History.
http://www.amazon.com/Blacklisted-History-Senator-McCarthy-Americas/dp/1400081068
McCarthy was awesome, too.
Show us who you fear, and we will show you what cowards you are in your fear.
Fear is healthy for Liberals. It reminds them they are pieces of shit who have no sense of Country, when they are about to be bounced because they have no love for or sense of Country.
Liberals are now understanding their ho-walk got them nowhere fast.
Example (in the 2040 iPhone-37 edition of the Augusta Chronicle): "What kind of Cruzism drives a sixty year old male to demand prostate oncology treatments, when there are so many six and seven year olds in the queue waiting for gender reassignment therapy?"
If more had heeded his warnings, and if the purge of communists from the American Media, education establishment, and government had been more complete and ongoing, we wouldn't even be discussing Obamacare--and a lot of what is wrong with America today could have been avoided.
Only if we let them.
Projection.
and
McCarthy was right.
“If I am not mistaken, McCarthy was right, wasn’t he?”
And they ran him off. Cruz is nothing like McCarthy, except that he isn’t your usual Republican wimp. If this McCarthy analogy becomes a Democrat talking point, look for them to try to destroy him.
The left has always hated Joe more than the commie spies.
It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong.
Voltaire
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