Tag Archives: McCarthyism

Gingrich Campaigning for Veep with Race-Baiting, McCarthyism

Posted on August 9, 2012 at 9:17 am by Bob Cesca

My Thursday column answers the question: Why is Gingrich’s bulbous head in the news this week? You can tell it’s August in a general election year because Republican A-listers are jumping through Flaming Hoops of Crazy in order to be … Continue reading →

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The Real McCarthyism

Posted on August 6, 2012 at 4:00 pm by JM Ashby

This makes me want to violently shake someone. Yesterday on Face the Nation, host Bob Schieffer compared Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s accusation that Mitt Romney didn’t pay taxes for 10 years to McCarthyism. “Isn’t this kind of like Joe … Continue reading →

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Wolverines!!!!!

Posted on July 26, 2012 at 11:27 am by Bob Cesca

The Romney campaign warned America about the Soviet threat again. A foreign policy adviser to Mitt Romney’s campaign warned against policies that would aid “the Soviet Union” Wednesday, making him at least the third person from Team Romney – including … Continue reading →

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A Bit of Schooling for Red Scare Bots

Posted on June 25, 2012 at 11:37 am by Bob Cesca

Once again, new numbers indicate that corporate profits are at an all-time high, and employee wages just hit an all-time low (as a percentage of GDP). Way too many ignorant Republicans believe the president is a communist, harkening back to … Continue reading →

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McCarthyite of the Day

Posted on June 23, 2012 at 11:44 am by Bob Cesca

The Republicans love them some Joe McCarthy — the sweaty freak who thought everyone was a communist, was censured by the Senate, shamed by the nation and died of alcoholism soon after leaving office in disgrace. So hey — why … Continue reading →

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Ben Stein Can Feel Free to Suck It

Posted on April 8, 2012 at 12:20 pm by Bob Cesca

According to Ben Stein, the president has a “1937 socialist, youth league, city college of New York approach to all economic questions”. Yeah, guess what. 1937 was all about a conservative deficit-reduction kick that reversed economic growth and relapsed the … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Day

Posted on March 30, 2011 at 2:42 pm by Bob Cesca

“Last year, candidate Barack Obama stood on a sidewalk in Toledo, Ohio, and first let it slip to Joe the Plumber that he wanted to quote, ‘spread the wealth around.’ At that time, I have to admit, that I went … Continue reading →

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Worst Person in the World

Posted on November 20, 2010 at 11:16 am by Bob Cesca

Glenn Beck is accusing veterans of being communists. McCarthyism is arguably in the top ten ugliest episodes in American history. And it’s back — in front of a daily radio and TV audience of 10+ million. We need more people … Continue reading →

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Red Scare Yada Yada Yada

Posted on September 16, 2010 at 5:45 pm by Bob Cesca

Glenn Beck was — yawn! — going off today — again! — about Marxists infiltrating every level of government. At what point does his audience begin to take a look around at the decidedly not-Marxist things happening and realize that … Continue reading →

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Glenn Becks Warns America About Glenn Beck

Posted on June 28, 2010 at 1:21 pm by Bob Cesca

Media Matters discovered one of Beck’s Fox News promos hyping, at the time, his new show. In the promo, he rips on Republicans for accusing the left of being communists. And, naturally, MMFA included some of Beck’s subsequent McCarthyite greatest … Continue reading →

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