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NEWS ABOUT: Joe McCarthy

Joe McCarthy stories: 5 news summaries
opinion

 McCarthyism? 
 Try 'Palinism' 


Aug 17, 09 8:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - If Sarah Palin echoes a figure in American politics, it's Joseph McCarthy—so "try this on for size: Palinism," writes Richard Cohen in the Washington Post. Like McCarthy, she has a lefty "menace" to invent facts about, and she's succeeding in wounding health reform with... More »

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health care reform • Joe McCarthy • Sarah Palin • death panel

OPINION


 Bachmann 
 Backlash 
 a Bonanza 
 for Dems 

Minnesota Rep. draws fire, challenger, over call to investigate "anti-American" behavior

Oct 21, 08 9:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann has prompted so much outrage by attacking Barack Obama's patriotism that she’s attracted an opponent who doesn’t even want to win. He just wants to help her lose, writes Nick Coleman in the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Bachmann also recently suggested that every member of... More »

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Joe McCarthy • Election 2008 • Michele Bachmann

Obama Backer
Compares Clinton
to McCarthy

Retired general blasts Bill's patriotism remark

Mar 22, 08 6:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - A retired Air Force general yesterday compared Bill Clinton to red-baiting Sen. Joe McCarthy, after Clinton made comments that seemed to question Barack Obama's patriotism. The former president said at a North Carolina rally, "I think it would be a great thing if we had an election year where... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Bill Clinton • North Carolina • Joe McCarthy • Jeremiah Wright • Merrill "Tony" McPeak

UPDATED

William F. Buckley Jr. Dies at 82

Influential conservative columnist founded National Review

Feb 27, 08 10:32 AM CST
(Newser) - Conservative columnist and editor William F. Buckley Jr. died today at age 82; he suffered from diabetes and emphysema. Buckley founded the opinion magazine National Review, hosted the show “Firing Line” and wrote 45 books. The author of God and Man at Yale and defender of Joe McCarthy was... More »

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conservative • obituary • Ronald Reagan • Arthur Schlesinger Jr. • libertarianism • National Review • Joe McCarthy • Yale • conservatism • anti-Communism • William F. Buckley Jr.

Porn Pioneer Vows to Take More DC Scalps

Flynt says he's about to out a GOP senator, bust a hypocrite candidate

Dec 23, 07 5:07 AM CST
(Newser) - Hustler publisher and professional muckraker Larry Flynt is “arguably the greatest student of the American underbelly since J. Edgar Hoover"—and now he’s got big conservatives in his sights, writes Vanity Fair. Flynt, who has often offered money for the unmasking of gay or adulterous politicians, insists... More »

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Bill Clinton • Larry Flynt • Hustler • Bob Livington • Joe McCarthy • PT Barnum

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