McCarthyism
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Huffington Post | October 19, 2009
Pennsylvania GOP Ad Uses Hammer-And-Sickle For O -bama
...Red-baiting tactics of Joseph McCarthy were repudiated by America's better angels, the state GOP is picking up the tattered banner of McCarthyism and running with it -- literally, in fact, with this banner ad (top) on a popular political...
In this article: GOP, Joseph McCarthy, and Pennsylvania
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Associated Press: Congress | October 13, 2009
The real female maverick in GOP: Olympia Snowe
...Sen. Margaret Chase Smith's "Declaration of Conscience" speech in which she called for the nation - and her own party - to reject McCarthyism. "This is a vote of conscience and a vote of concern for her constituents and concern for...
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Kevin Jennings Should Be Fired, 53 House Republicans Say
...elected members of Congress lend their names to a thoroughly debunked smear campaign? Apparently their history books omitted the chapter on McCarthyism. President Obama has made it clear that this disgusting campaign by Hannity and his GOP...
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Centre Daily Times | September 19, 2009
Did ACORN get too big for its own good?
...and in other cities by the hidden-camera couple were manipulated to make it look bad. Lewis called the attacks "reminiscent of the McCarthy era." "We understand that the Republican Party is upset and the right wing is upset because they...
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Modern US Republican Party's Roots In McCarthyism - fmforums
Modern US Republican Party's Roots In McCarthyism. Options. wontbethesame ... why the Republican Party, despite the recent failure of McCarthyism, is likely ...
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McCarthyism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
... Republican Party) to stand on a teetering stack of ten tar buckets, the topmost ... and trials of McCarthyism featured testimony by former Communist Party members ...
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Murry Weiss: Smashing McCarthyism (January 1954)
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McCarthyism n. The practice of publicizing accusations of political ... Republican Party) to stand on a teetering stack of ten tar buckets, the topmost ...
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thumb|225px|A 1947 comic book published by the Catechetical Guild Educational Society warning of the supposed dangers of a Communist takeover
McCarthyism is the politically motivated practice of making accusations of disloyalty, subversion, or treason without proper regard for evidence. The term specifically describes activities associated with the period in the United States known as the Second Red Scare, lasting roughly from the late 1940s to the late 1950s and characterized by heightened fears of communist influence on American institutions and espionage by Soviet agents. Originally coined to criticize the anti-communist pursuits of U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy, "McCarthyism" soon took on a broader meaning, describing the excesses of similar efforts. The term is also now used more generally to describe reckless, unsubstantiated accusations, as well as demagogic attacks on the character or patriotism of political adversaries.
The most famous examples of McCarthyism include the speeches, investigations, and hearings of Senator McCarthy himself; the Hollywood blacklist, associated with hearings conducted by the House Committee on Un-American Activities; and the various anti-communist activities of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) under Director J. Edgar Hoover. McCarthyism was a widespread social and cultural phenomenon that affected all levels of society and was the source of a great deal of debate and conflict in the United States.
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