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Joseph McCarthy

Jan 29th 2005MichaelPro America

What is the ACLU doing throwing mud at Sen Joseph McCarthy still.
Why is ACLU and many schools teaching our kids that Joseph McCarthy was a bad spot in American History.
It was a bad time for America because we were at war with Communism and the Democratic Party was helping them to control our Government.

Nearly 40 years after the death of Senator Joseph R. McCarthy, twice-elected United States Senator from Wisconsin, the term “McCarthyism” is still widely used as a convenient epithet for all that is evil and despicable in the world of politics. Hardly a month passes without some reference to “McCarthyism” in the print or electronic media. Despite the frequency with which the term is invoked, however, it is quite clear that not one critic of McCarthy in a hundred has the slightest idea of what he said and did during that controversial period from 1950 to 1954.

And don’t forget that Sen Joseph McCarthy is a former Marine.

McCarthy enlisted in the Marines and was sworn in as a first lieutenant in August 1942. He served as an intelligence officer for a bomber squadron stationed in the Solomon Islands, and also risked his life by volunteering to fly in the tail-gunner’s seat on many combat missions. Those who quibble about the number of combat missions he flew miss the point - he didn’t have to fly any.

Lt McCarthy has an award from Admiral Chester Nimitz that states that “Tail Gunner Joe” was more than the movies ever showed. the smear process was so long and so efficient.

But we still have many smear tactics that are against Sen McCarthy. See here and here

In reading the information above I notice that all of the facts are taken form news reports and not official documents. Now the question is how bad was the media back 50 years ago? Were they as bad and biased as they are today?

What is the other side this say? There is a site that focuses on issues and are PRO-AMERICA. Here is the site they have for Sen McCarthy
OK they are the far right. but they have some good facts and links to historical documents.

This is a work in proccess. There is a lot of stuff out there. I am going to continue to dig and find historical documents and post them so we can make a judgment on the facts and get away from smearing.

If you know of any good sites that have some information please leve me a note in the comments.

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One Response to “Joseph McCarthy”

  1. Raven on 31 Jan 2005 at Mon 31 January 2005 19:00:43 #

    I was taught that McCarthy was an evil man back in school too…The first time I read something different was in Ann Coulter’s book “Treason”. Get it and read it.