We must think harder when assigning patriotic labels Apr 21, 2008
It's deeply troubling when mainstream journalists decide it is appropriate to ask a presidential candidate to weigh his former pastor's loyalty, an unfortunate echo of the Joseph McCarthy era. There are many things that might correctly be said about some of Wright's views paranoid, offensive and patently wrong but unpatriotic. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
Obama Could Get 'Swift Boated' Apr 20, 2008
Titled "What Is Rove Up To?," Sloan writes that Rove will seek to redefine Obama's signature slogan "Change We Can Believe In" and brand it instead as "revolutionary change, change driven by an alien ideology, change no patriotic American could stomach. And he intends to do so by channeling Sen. Joseph McCarthy.". Related. (ABC News)
It's love, loyalty in face of racism Apr 19, 2008
It's downright troubling when mainstream media types decide it is appropriate to ask a presidential candidate to weigh his former pastor's loyalty, an unfortunate echo of the Joseph McCarthy era. There are many things that might correctly be said about some of Wright's views paranoid, offensive and patently wrong but unpatriotic. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Coakley named Rainier elementary principal Apr 19, 2008
No Shame wrote on Apr 18, 2008 8:25 AM:" The CAC has no shame. They hide behind children and their "faith" stating that they are trying to do what is "best for kids". They only have hate and anger. "If I don't get my way - I'm going to ruin it for everyone". They give the worst possible impression to outsiders. They don't care about ALL the kids of Rainer, just their narrow, personal agenda, and the fact that the community of Rainier doesn't stand up to them but rather follows the lemmings over... (Longview Daily News, WA)
Voting from fear the first step away from democracy Apr 16, 2008
Think Joseph McCarthy. Fear can take away our rationality, our honor and our sense of what is right, if we let it. (Kalamazoo Gazette, MI)
Good Night, And Good Luck Apr 13, 2008
George Clooney's uncompromising film relates how the CBS newsroom challenged the odious senator Joseph McCarthy ... Back in the 1950s, US senator Joseph McCarthy, a rabid right-winger, sought to cleanse his country of communists and other undesirable social elements. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Film reviews: Leatherheads, [Rec], The 39 Steps and more Apr 11, 2008
He's been playing it dead straight of late, while his films get to grips with the corruption of the oil industry (), the heroic struggle of the liberal media against Joseph McCarthy () and the way corporate lawyers are venal nasties with dollar signs in their eyes (). George Clooney and Ren;e Zellweger in Leatherheads. (Telegraph.co.uk)
The Clooney conundrum: handsome hero of Hollywood Apr 10, 2008
In Good Night and Good Luck in 2004, he again delved into his father's career, this time as a broadcast journalist in the 1950s, and pitched the lean-jawed Ed Murrow, host of CBS's See It Now against the loathsome, Communist-hunting Senator Joseph McCarthy. More a morality play than an effective drama, it offered a blunt lesson about the media's responsibility in taking on the government. (Independent)
Talking Points Apr 9, 2008
Senator Joseph McCarthy would love this guy. So what should be done. (Fox News)
Newseum: an attic packed with storied stuff Apr 6, 2008
A video exhibits the career of broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow, including fragments of his famed confrontation with Senator Joseph McCarthy. Old-timers like Huntley and Brinkley are here too. (Boston Globe)
From the Sidelines: Opening day brings back faith Apr 3, 2008
It was excruciating watching Mitchell do his best Senator Joseph McCarthy impersonation as he essentially blacklisted player after player with the help of a willing former clubhouse attendant turned stoolie who agreed to sing like a canary in exchange for 15 minutes of fame and whatever else he may have been promised; the extent of which may not ever fully be known. Kirk Radomski named names and threw player after player under the bus. (Demopolis Times, AL)
History Day competition explores conflict, compromise Apr 3, 2008
Senior Historical Papers: Rachel Conger, Bangor High School, For the Sake of Divorce: Henry VIII vs. Rome; Sarah Reigel, Bangor, Joseph McCarthy: A Manipulation of Fears to Further a Career of Conflicts and Lies; Lisa Misch, La Crosse Central, Pauline Cushman: The Conflicts of Her Identity Compromise. Junior Individual Performance: Ryan Tripp, Onalaska Middle School, Conflicts and Compromises of the Cattle Drives; Tim Olson, Coulee Region Montessori, Agent Orange; Vincent Ellis, Longfellow... (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Film prodigy Jules Dassin dies Apr 1, 2008
But as an active Communist who never compromised on his beliefs, he was blacklisted at the height of the witch-hunts on leftists unleashed by Senator Joseph McCarthy. Quit the US. (iAfrica.com)
George Clooney plays two roles in screwball comedy Apr 1, 2008
He wanted to do something as far removed as possible from a vehicle like Good Night and Good Luck, which recreated legendary broadcaster Edward R. Murrows historic confrontation with infamous witch-hunting U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy. Leatherheads filled the bill exactly in allowing Clooney to evoke the screwball genre which enlivened the Hollywoods golden age and to pay affectionate homage to two of his favorite directors from the past -- Howard Hawks and Preston Sturges. (Canada.com)
Politics: Past rogues, layabouts make campaign mischief Mar 31, 2008
Joseph McCarthy and David Duke. Herbert Hoover. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Phoenix mayor: Arpaio raids are 'made-for-TV stunts' Mar 29, 2008
Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin. "Then Edward R. Murrow stood up and said, 'Enough is enough.' That's what the mayor did today. He said what was right, not what was politically popular.". (AZCentral -- News)
Democrats' self-defeating brawl must end forthwith Mar 26, 2008
Meanwhile, an Obama supporter has compared Clinton to Joseph McCarthy, while another managed to invoke the infamous blue dress. As the Democrats kneecap each other, their respective supporters have grown increasingly bitter, with higher and higher percentages of each camp declaring they could not vote for the rival if he/she became nominee. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Democrats Rip Each Other On Patriotism Mar 25, 2008
Eric Thayer/Getty Images. Offended Candidates' Backers Go On Offensive. (KSBW 8, CA)
King: My 'provocative' comments by design Mar 25, 2008
Joseph McCarthy was a hero. "I did know what I was saying," King said. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Richardson Decries Campaign's Negativity Mar 25, 2008
McPeak also made off-the-cuff remarks to reporters Friday in comparing the former president's comments with the actions of Joseph McCarthy, the 1950s communist-hunting senator. "I grew up, I was going to college when Joe McCarthy was accusing good Americans of being traitors, so I've had enough of it," McPeak said. (CBS News -- Early Show)
Housing fix? Mar 25, 2008
Clinton was criticized late last week by retired Gen. Merrill "Tony" McPeak, a co-chairman of Obama's campaign, who accused the ex-president of being divisive and compared him to Joseph McCarthy, the 1950s communist-hunting senator in the United States, for questioning Obama's patriotism. Clinton, speculating about a presidential matchup pitting his wife against Republican nominee-in-waiting John McCain, had told a group of veterans in North Carolina: "I think it would be a great thing if we had... (MSNBC -- Politics)
Letters for Tuesday, March 25, 2008 Mar 25, 2008
Don t cry for me Joseph McCarthy Swift boating Obama Eek ... Don t cry for me Joseph McCarthy ... In the article about Barack Obama, where he quotes former AF Chief (sic) as saying that Joseph McCarthy accused good Americans of being traitors: Late last year a book by M. Stanton Evans came out that documents in detail the fact that almost every thing about Joseph McCarthy in current history books is a lie. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
McCarthyism remarks anger Democrats' allies Mar 24, 2008
Local Search Site Search. THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING. (Boston Globe)
My Opinion: She offends, but Coulter good for debate Mar 24, 2008
After the September 11 attacks, Coulter wrote that our country's response should be to "invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity." She also calls for racial profiling, calls Christians "perfected Jews", complains that Timothy McVeigh didn't bomb the New York Times building and refers to Joseph McCarthy as an American hero. All of this disgusts me. (Daily Collegian, PA)
Obama camp urges Clinton to concede Mar 24, 2008
" McPeak on Friday compared the former president's comments with the actions of Joseph McCarthy, the 1950s communist-hunting senator, saying he had had enough of people "accusing good Americans of being traitors". Unity call Richardson, a "super delegate" and former president Bill Clinton's ambassador to the UN, said that to beat McCain, the Democrats need to unite now behind Obama. "We need to end this, we need to get ready for November, we need to be positive, we have to stop these personal... (Aljazeera.Net)
Richardson Calls on Democrats to Unite and End `Bloodletting' Mar 24, 2008
Retired four-star General Merrill ``Tony'' McPeak, introducing Obama at a town hall in Medford, Oregon, yesterday, accused of questioning the Illinois senator's patriotism and said comments he made were reminiscent of anti- communist crusader Joseph McCarthy. The former president speaking two days ago in Charlotte, North Carolina, said, ``I think it would be a great thing if we had an election where you had two people who love this country, were devoted to the interests of this country and... (Bloomberg)
Clinton and Obama supporters fault Obama camp for ... Mar 24, 2008
Speaking in Southern Oregon this weekend, retired General Merrill McPeak accused Clinton of questioning Obama's patriotism, and likened the comments to communist-hunting Senator Joseph McCarthy. On Fox News Sunday, Obama supporter and New Mexico governor Bill Richardson said he doesn't think Clinton was trying to be divisive, and added that the campaign was getting too negative. (FOX23.com, OK)
McCarthy slur on hustings Mar 24, 2008
A fresh row has erupted between the two rival US Democratic candidates after a Barack Obama adviser compared Bill Clinton to the anti-communist crusader Joseph McCarthy for attacking Senator Obama's patriotism. The retired air force general Merrill McPeak defended Senator Obama's patriotism and accused the former president of trying to use "divisive attacks" to promote his wife's candidacy. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Obama Adviser Faults Bill Clinton Speech Mar 24, 2008
McPeak also had made off-the-cuff remarks to reporters Friday in comparing the former president's comments with the actions of Joseph McCarthy, the 1950s communist-hunting senator. "I grew up, I was going to college when Joe McCarthy was accusing good Americans of being traitors, so I've had enough of it," McPeak said. (Newsmax)
Adviser likens Bill Clinton's comments to McCarthy's Mar 23, 2008
- An adviser to Barack Obama accused Bill Clinton of questioning his candidate's patriotism and said comments by the former president were reminiscent of anticommunist crusader Joseph McCarthy. Clinton said yesterday in Charlotte, N.C., that it would be great if the US presidential election were between his wife, Democratic Senator Hillary Clinton, and Republican Senator John McCain, "two people who loved this country and were devoted to the interest of this country.". (Boston Globe)
• Retired general calls Obama patriot Mar 23, 2008
On Friday, McPeak had compared Bill Clinton's statement to accusations by Joseph McCarthy, the 1950s-era communist-hunting senator. He did not repeat that suggestion Saturday while speaking next to Obama at a community center. (FOX59, IN)
Bill, Obama, Hillary and patriotism Mar 23, 2008
In the latest sparring match between the increasingly bitter fight for the Democratic presidential nomination, an Obama aide hit back by likening ex-president Clinton to communist-hunting 1950s senator Joseph McCarthy ... "Comparing Bill Clinton to Joseph McCarthy is an outrage and ought to be retracted," Clinton communications director Howard Wolfson said. (iAfrica.com)
Obama Foreign Policy Adviser Likens Remarks by Bill Clinton to McCarthy Mar 23, 2008
Obama Adviser Likens Bill Clinton Comments to Joseph McCarthy. By Julianna Goldman. (Bloomberg -- US)
Today on the presidential campaign trail Mar 22, 2008
(AP) - The Hillary Rodham Clinton campaign is trying to clarify comments by former President Clinton that a Barack Obama aide likened to Joseph McCarthy. Clinton's campaign said the comments were being misinterpreted and quickly posted a clarification on its Web site. (Anchorage Daily News)
King's comments put him in center of another firestorm (1927) Mar 15, 2008
"We have heard him call Joseph McCarthy an American hero and claim the streets of downtown Baghdad are safer than those of our nation s capitol. But to say Barack Obama is a link to those who want to destroy the United States is the greatest of insults," Hubler said in a released statement. On Monday, King told the Journal he was quoted accurately by the Daily Reporter but that many, primarily liberals, "missed the point." King said that Obama's intention to remove troops from Iraq if elected... (Sioux City Journal, IO)
True-to-Life Stories Mar 15, 2008
(See Slate's "" for Margaret B. Jones' next volume: "She brought down Sen. Joseph McCarthy, founded the Black Panthers, and wrote Ronald Reagan's Berlin Wall speechall before taking over the notorious Crips gang in South Central "). But maybe these extreme examples should inspire some other questions, too. (Slate)
Horton Hears a Protest Mar 15, 2008
Joseph McCarthy chaired the House Committee on Un-American Activities. He did not. (Slate)
The Danger China Poses as a Modern Slave State Mar 7, 2008
Joseph McCarthy in 1950, Stalin could conquer the United States via Americans; that is, through those connected in some ways with communism and hence acting or prone to act as his agents. A powerful theory except that neither McCarthy nor any other Westerner seemed to realize that already in the late 1930s Stalin began to move the ideology away from communism to Russian nationalism. (Newsmax)
Brociner: Somerville-style McCarthyism lies in attacks against PDS Mar 6, 2008
Joseph McCarthy s crusade to destroy his political enemies by calling them communists triggered a chain of events that led to the poisoning of the social and political fabric of American society. McCarthy s favorite tactics were to engage in name-calling and to hurl crude and mean-spirited accusations against his real and imagined enemies. (Somerville Journal, MA)
Buckley Praised as Conservative Legend, 'Intellectual Giant' Feb 29, 2008
Joseph McCarthy as a patriotic crusader against communism. Bozell's son, L. Brent Bozell III, is founder of the Media Research Center, the parent organization of Cybercast News Service. (CNSnews.com)
William F. Buckley Jr., conservative icon, dies Feb 28, 2008
While not completely approving of the methods Senator Joseph McCarthy employed in his campaign against Communist subversion, the authors nonetheless defended him as heading "a movement around which men of good will and stern morality can close ranks.". A brief stint working for The American Mercury magazine convinced Mr. Buckley that the United States needed a new organ of conservative opinion: National Review. (Boston Globe)
Writer William F. Buckley dies at 82 Feb 28, 2008
$7 online stock trades. Conservative commentator gained acclaim for intellectual political writings. (MSNBC -- News)
Eloquent champion of conservatives dies Feb 28, 2008
Three years later, he co-authored a defense of the Red-baiting senator from Wisconsin, Joseph McCarthy. A loan from his millionaire father helped Buckley launch National Review, at a time when President Eisenhower and other Republicans had largely accepted the idea of a big and active federal government. (USA Today -- Life)
W.F. Buckley dies Feb 28, 2008
Joseph McCarthy, the Republican Red-baiting senator from Wisconsin, was making loud accusations about communist influences in the federal government, U.S. armed forces were fighting a communist invasion in South Korea and Sen. Robert Taft, R-Ohio, the longtime conservative standard-bearer, had lost the 1952 Republican presidential nomination to Dwight Eisenhower. (The Palm Beach Post)
Weinberger On Buckley Feb 28, 2008
Buckley has used this device before in his books on Joseph McCarthy; James Angleton, the CIA operative; and, oddly enough, Elvis Presley ... By choosing to write a novel, Mr. Buckley has freed himself from either defending or attacking Senator Joseph McCarthy, around whose tempestuous career The Redhunter revolves. (Forbes -- Business)
William F. Buckley: Mandarin of Right-Wing TV Feb 28, 2008
At 36, Buckley had been an infant phenom, writing the book God and Man at Yale (he was pro-God, anti-Yale) and an indulgent biography of Senator Joseph McCarthy. But as a TV personality, he was brand, startling new. (Time.com)
Conservative icon dies Feb 28, 2008
Joseph McCarthy in 1954, McCarthy and His Enemies. While condemning some of the senator's anti-communist excesses, the book praised a movement around which men of good will and stern morality can close ranks. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Don't Know Much About History Feb 27, 2008
Joseph McCarthy, have been, well, blacklisted. "What was the big controversy that surrounded him?" Tracy asked. (CBS News)
Teens facing knowledge gap Feb 26, 2008
Joseph McCarthy focused on communism. In all, students earned a C in history and an F in literature, though the survey suggests students do well on topics schools cover. (USA Today)
Former Arizona Gov. Evan Mecham dies at 83 Feb 23, 2008
"Probably no American since Sen. Joseph McCarthy has been subjected to such an extensive smear campaign." - William F. Jasper of The New American, the John Birch Society's magazine, as quoted in High Crimes and Misdemeanors, author Ronald J. Watkins' study of the impeachment. "He didn't get over the effects of it (impeachment). But he was a tough guy. He handled things very well." - Wayne Mecham, the ex-governor's brother. (AZCentral -- News)
RNC Donor Event Outlines Obama Attack Plan Feb 19, 2008
I didnt read this anywhere, but they were threatened with blackballing if they crossed the line to do our shows - ironic, he says, since he believes Hollywood is obsessed with the 1950s blacklisting era of Joseph McCarthy. The true threat of McCarthyism, he says, is coming from the left. (CBS News)
Political tenor shifts in Wisconsin Feb 18, 2008
The Republican Party launched both progressive champion Robert LaFollette and anti-Communist crusader Joseph McCarthy, within a generation of each other. Democrats produced William Proxmire, a legislative spendthrift who bestowed "Golden Fleece" awards on wasteful projects; Patrick Lucey, a governor who ran for vice president with a Republican on an independent ticket; and Feingold, who stood alone to his party's left by opposing the Patriot Act and to its right by voting for an impeachment... (Boston Globe)
Click for Full Story Feb 9, 2008
In 1950, in a speech in Wheeling, West Virginia, Senator Joseph McCarthy (Republican, Wisconsin) charged the State Department was riddled with Communists. In 1964, The Beatles made their first live American television appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show" on CBS.In 1971, the crew of Apollo 14 returned to Earth after man's third landing on the moon. (KWTX.com, TX)
History Shows Joe McCarthy's Reputation is Undeserved Jan 29, 2008
On the blog now: Updated at 7:54 AM. Updated: 7:42 AM 01/29/08. (Townhall.com)
14 comments Jan 11, 2008
Joseph McCarthy was finally vindicated, but still his name carries a dark stain. JKM, South CarolinaJan 10, 2008 @ 09:32 AMGary in Gresham. (Human Events Online)
Letters to the Editor Jan 7, 2008
Editor - To Mark Geragos, regarding the recent tragic event at the San Francisco Zoo: In the words of Joseph Nye Welch to Joseph McCarthy, June 9, 1954: "You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency?". This man is nothing more than a glorified ambulance chaser. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Matching Candidates With Celebrities Dec 20, 2007
Joseph McCarthy in his Academy Award-nominated film Good Night and Good Luck. Several Clooney films have had decided morality messages, which may be why he is so closely identified with Thompson, who played a righteous, do-good Manhattan district attorney on the NBC television series Law. (Forbes)
Tucci added to 'Julie & Julia' Dec 10, 2007
Joseph McCarthy for alleged communist ties. Ephron adapted the screenplay from Julie Powell's book "Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen.". (Variety)
George Vecsey: Who needs names in doping scandal? Dec 9, 2007
Half a century ago, an unscrupulous senator, Joseph McCarthy, brandished sheaves of documents during hearings, saying he had information on thousands of people with Communist ties. McCarthy might have been waving 10-year-old weather reports, for all anybody knew, but his threat of releasing unsubstantiated names caused fear and mischief in a lot of households. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)
At Last, the Final Word on Joe McCarthy Dec 6, 2007
Joseph McCarthy, R-Wis ... Joseph McCarthy, R-Wis. (Townhall.com)
Alberta Tories oust candidate linked to anti-gay controversy Dec 3, 2007
Mr. Chandler said he felt like the clock had been turned back 50 years and he was being grilled in front of the anti-communist hearings in the U.S. led by Senator Joseph McCarthy. "(They asked) 'Are you a right-winger? Are you a social conservative? Do you believe in Jesus Christ?"' Mr. Chandler told reporters. (Globe and Mail)
Radulovich fought valiantly for what was right Dec 2, 2007
Bismarck Tribune - News. LOADING Dec 02, 2007 - 04:05:14 CST His name is Milo Radulovich, and his story is remarkable. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
The bad old days Nov 26, 2007
Does he wish to see a return of the conservative era where people like Joseph McCarthy viciously persecuted those who thought differently than they. Would he like to relive the conservative era of the Nixon years, which resulted in the resignation of a corrupt president. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Controversy erupts after schools pull 'atheist' book Nov 24, 2007
I wonder if the "greatest people" he is refering to include Stalin, Mao, Hitler, Robespierre, Menegele and Joseph McCarthy. Perhaps he has forgoten that many of the things western civilzation have enjoyed the benefits of, are as a result of people of faith who have put their faith into action. (CTV.ca)
Lodi resident Milo Radulovich remembered as a champion for social justice Nov 23, 2007
Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s, and most recently as the inspiration for George Clooney's movie "Good Night, and Good Luck.". But in Lodi, the retired meteorologist was perhaps best known for his bright smile and the joy he exuded at Downtown coffee shops and across the city. (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
