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| 2003-05-19 | ||
| National Democratic chairman Terry McAuliffe accused President Bush on Saturday of unleashing a "new McCarthyism" by vilifying people who oppose his policies. Paraphrasing retired Sen. Alan Simpson - to accuse one of McCarthyism is, itself, McCarthyism. "George Bush has unleashed a new McCarthyism that, under the cloak of a time of crisis and peril, has vilified and questioned the patriotism of those who have policy and political differences with him and his administration." McAuliffe was critical of Bush's economic policies in general, saying they have cost 2.8 million jobs since the president took office. Of course, forgetting to mention that the Clinton Recession started prior to Bush taking office.
"The story goes that as the lifeboats were being loaded, the wealthy of the passengers of the Titanic pushed aside the women and children," he said. "The values of this administration would be quite at home aboard that ill-fated ship." As I recall my history on the matter, Vanderbilt and other (undoubtedly Republican) establishment figures gave up their seats and the men who shoved their way in the lifeboats were from the less esteemed classes. Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, one of nine candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination, told reporters before his speech to the Ohio dinner: "I don't think we can beat George Bush by being Bush-like. We need a fiscal conservative and a social progressive and that's who I am." In his speech, Dean said the cost of the war in Iraq has increased with Americans still in the Middle Eastern country and that homeland security suffering a funding shortfall as a result. "I think this country is not safer since the war with Iraq has ended," Dean said.
(to have presided over the bankruptcy of a city) at the dinner, pushed his message of national health insurance, labor rights and trade protections. A sure winner if he was running in Europe. He reminded the crowd that he had beaten Republican incumbents in his races for mayor, state senator and Congress. This makes me question the sanity of the good people of Ohio. "In 2004, I'm prepared to replace another Republican incumbent who happens to be in the White House," Kucinich said. The only way Kucinich is going to the White House is on a public tour. | ||
| Posted by:ColoradoConservative |
| #5 Funny when the dems use the term McCarthyism. After all, they not only developed it and enhanced the concept of publicly exposing someone's radical political views during the 30s and 40 starting with the Dies committee, to when McCarthy began his campagn; when the dems finally gave it a name. I hope McAuliffe keeps it up, because he will be helping to redefine what 'McCarthyism' is, from somthing it never was, to something it always has been: Exposing elites' radical views to public disdain. |
| Posted by: badanov 2003-05-19 20:28:31 |
| #4 National Democratic chairman Terry McAuliffe accused President Bush on Saturday of unleashing a "new McCarthyism" by vilifying people who oppose his policies. This, from a member of a party whose specialty is vilifying its opponents. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2003-05-19 20:17:14 |
| #3 "Just last Sunday on national television, Secretary of Treasury (John) Snow said we have a soggy economy. Soggy. Soggy," McAuliffe said, drawing laughs from the party faithful with the incredulous tone of his delivery. Yeah, and it's limp and hard to manage, too! |
| Posted by: mojo 2003-05-19 16:12:04 |
| #2 Anyone ask Kucinich about the Department of Peace he proposed last month? Like, far out, man! Which one was he Cheech or Chong? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2003-05-19 15:37:23 |
| #1 Simpson's full quote, during the Anita Hill hearings, and as spoken to the Presidnet Pro Tempore of the Senate: "Well, Mr. President, it seems to me that accusing someone of McCarthyism is really a McCarthyist tactic itself." |
| Posted by: ColoradoConservative 2003-05-19 15:07:55 |