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Joe McCarthy was brought down by attacks on his decency. Trump will lose the same way.
Washington Post ^ | August 1, 2016 | Harold Pollack

Posted on 08/02/2016 10:53:39 AM PDT by Enchante

What the Khans can teach us about the Republican nominee's vulnerabilities....

....Khan’s words call to mind another unexpected moment from more than 60 years ago, when another dignified lawyer rebuked Sen. Joe McCarthy....

....Welch drew blood from McCarthy with his famous question: “Have you no sense of decency, sir?”

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016; 2016election; demagogues; democraps; democrats; dnc; khan; media; mediascum; msm; republicans; trump
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To: mkjessup

spare us the “concern troll” b.s.

I am pointing out what the MSM is up to right now and that is worth knowing about. Fortunately, it is a different era, Trump is a fighter and has the internet, so the MSM cannot control all of the messaging as in the past.


41 posted on 08/02/2016 11:08:50 AM PDT by Enchante (Hillary's new campaign slogan: "Guilty as hell, free as a bird!! Laws are for peasants!")
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To: Enchante

Start attacking the media, and their credibility, relentlessly.

Do not let up. Turn about is fair play. The only rule is to do what you need to do,to come out on top.

The moment the MSM went full tilt partisan leftist, all bets are off, anything goes.

If you find that strategy to be a bit much, then stay out of the way and let the fighters go after them.


42 posted on 08/02/2016 11:09:11 AM PDT by factoryrat (We are the producers, the creators. Grow it, mine it, build it.)
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To: Enchante

The libs forget they’ve systematically been eliminating decency from America for decades... so thanks to their efforts, these kind of attacks won’t work anymore.


43 posted on 08/02/2016 11:09:29 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Enchante

yeah, right... by an opposing candidate with no decency at all?


44 posted on 08/02/2016 11:09:49 AM PDT by Mr. K (Trump will win NY state - choke on that HilLIARy)
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To: conservativepoet
"Not going to work. Public not as gullible as it used to be."

Especially when it comes to muzzies.

45 posted on 08/02/2016 11:10:05 AM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: Enchante
The author needs to get real.

Trump is like a great white shark.

He has already defeated 16 opponents plus the GOP establishment and the media.

And now he is circling a dead in the water SS Minnow with a coughing Captain Gilligan at the helm...and the down-low skipper, too.

46 posted on 08/02/2016 11:10:39 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
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To: Enchante

History has proven that Joe McCarthy was right more often than he was wrong. Meanwhile, we know the Washington Post is nothing more than a lying propaganda organ for a corrupt, tyrannical ideology.


47 posted on 08/02/2016 11:11:09 AM PDT by IronJack
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To: Enchante

First he was a bully, then a racist then a bigot, next a fascist, then he’s Hitler going to send us all to concentration camps. Now Trump is Joseph McCarthy.

But Hillary is perfection and squeaky clean. She has no flaws or skeletons in her closet. She is perfect in every way!


48 posted on 08/02/2016 11:11:14 AM PDT by jokemoke
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To: Enchante

I thought Trump was “Hitler” then “Mussolini”
I sure wish the Washington Post would get the story correct from Media Matters.


49 posted on 08/02/2016 11:11:17 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: henkster

One thing is not quite the “SAME.”
IIRC Joe McCarthy did NOT have the same personality as Trump.
Trump has a habit of “returning fire” with all barrels.
In evidence, Mitt Romney never properly responded to the MEDIA HYSTERIA over a caged dog safely carried on the roof of a car. Also George W. Bush got caught driving “under the influence” as a youngster. Better he had robbed a bank and shot a teller, the media would have supported him saying, “he was turning his life around.”
Anything that can be twisted is pounced on. Personally, I’ve never run for president because, believe it or not, Iwas ticketed for the awful crime of “SPEEDING” at total of TWICE, since I got my license to drive 65 years ago.


50 posted on 08/02/2016 11:11:19 AM PDT by CaptainAmiigaf (New York Times: "We print the news as it fits our views.")
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To: lodi90

Ryan would be happy to destroy the GOP if it protects the Uniparty.


51 posted on 08/02/2016 11:12:09 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Zathras

They just throw a lot of stuff at the wall to see what sticks....


52 posted on 08/02/2016 11:12:43 AM PDT by Enchante (Hillary's new campaign slogan: "Guilty as hell, free as a bird!! Laws are for peasants!")
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To: Enchante

conservatives stayed pricipled and played by the rules without understanding the game. The left promoted their own to positions of power in every capacity. Journalism, entertainment, universities, teaching, government, and coming soon, the military (look at all of the generals that Obama eplaced). A silent coup right under everybody’s noses. They used McCarthy’s tactics, but didn’t do it publicly.


53 posted on 08/02/2016 11:13:15 AM PDT by Homer1
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To: Enchante

The wapost is just telling us what tactics it plans to use to destroy Trump in the next few months.


54 posted on 08/02/2016 11:13:21 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Lying Media: willing and eager allies of the hate-America left.)
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To: Enchante

Ask Mr Kahn how he reconciles his enthusiasm for shariah law with the constitution he says he loves.


55 posted on 08/02/2016 11:13:30 AM PDT by Ford4000
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To: Enchante

It was tired and childish 5 minutes after it became a “thing”, but it makes stupid people feel smarter when they call other people that, so they’re going to keep doing it.


56 posted on 08/02/2016 11:13:46 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Enchante

he was brought down by a cabal of RED media including Morrow, Cronkite ...........


57 posted on 08/02/2016 11:14:13 AM PDT by maddogtiger
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To: Enchante

Total BS. McArthy did not have 25 million followers on social media to respond to. With retweets Trump’s messages get to 50-75 million daily. Won’t happen.

Trump in a landslide.


58 posted on 08/02/2016 11:14:37 AM PDT by GilGil
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To: Enchante
Throwing comPOST on Hilliary's REAL corruption to cover it up.

Feces perfume on a pig...same results.

McCarthy/others were the Paul Revere's of their era, unfortunately enough people didn't heed the call then...America's biggest mistake has now become a cancer on it's brain.

59 posted on 08/02/2016 11:15:05 AM PDT by RckyRaCoCo (Political Correctness is a kool-aid drinking suicide cult)
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To: Enchante

Trump full boisterous rallies...

Hillary empty boring rallies...

Trump upbeat on America, improving the lot of it’s citizens...

Hillary upbeat on Leftists, Marxism, Communism, and tyrany...


60 posted on 08/02/2016 11:15:58 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (He wins & we do, our nation does, the world does. It's morning in America again. You are living it!)
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