tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8475549107746495899.post1455720711888335410..comments2023-10-16T07:02:33.445-05:00Comments on Tall Cotton: Sore muscles, Hot Water, McCarthy was right and Toffee shows offppjakaJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04232495007429895581noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8475549107746495899.post-14905622320573064272011-03-23T08:19:20.258-05:002011-03-23T08:19:20.258-05:00As I noted, McCarthy was regarded by establishment...As I noted, McCarthy was regarded by establishment Repubs then in much the same way that current establishment Repubs regard the Tea Party folks. <br /><br />Bennett's knowledge is limited to what he has read and to his fear that defending McCarthy will get his name off the DC "A" list for social functions.<br /><br />If nothing else McCarthy kicked over an ant hill and the resulting chaos got the American people involved and focused. And that had not happened before McCarthy.<br /><br />So I again draw the comparsion. The debt problems, etc., etc., we now have didn't really become an issue until the Tea Party started kicking the current ant hill over.ppjakaJimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04232495007429895581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8475549107746495899.post-48139522504750635582011-03-23T07:51:30.225-05:002011-03-23T07:51:30.225-05:00William Bennett, former Reagan Administration Secr...William Bennett, former Reagan Administration Secretary of Education, opined in his 2007 book America: The Last Best Hope:<br /><br /> The cause of anti-communism, which united millions of Americans and which gained the support of Democrats, Republicans and independents, was undermined by Sen. Joe McCarthy … McCarthy addressed a real problem: disloyal elements within the U.S. government. But his approach to this real problem was to cause untold grief to the country he claimed to love … Worst of all, McCarthy besmirched the honorable cause of anti-communism. <b>He discredited legitimate efforts to counter Soviet subversion of American institutions.</b>:[117]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com