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How well do you remember Joe McCarthy? (Original Post) MrYikes Jun 2012 OP
Newt. bemildred Jun 2012 #1
I recall the hearings after school for a couple hours; elleng Jun 2012 #2
I remember the day he died. Our 3rd grade teacher in a public school made us pray for him. It was jwirr Jun 2012 #3
Joe McCarthy's Brother Robert Czar Aug 2012 #4
I was 10 or 11 when he came to 'prominence'. trof Aug 2012 #5

bemildred

(90,061 posts)
1. Newt.
Sun Jun 24, 2012, 10:11 AM
Jun 2012

Although all our politicians are more or less liars, for shamelessness and divisiveness your have to look to Newt and Newt-like narcissists and sociopaths who will say ANYTHING.

I was a kid, but I remember Joe McCarthy fine, he 's the guy on the left with the gun in the first frame:

elleng

(136,043 posts)
2. I recall the hearings after school for a couple hours;
Sun Jun 24, 2012, 11:43 AM
Jun 2012

can't say I really knew what was going on.
Black and white, of course!
newt, cantor, rover, could go on and on. They are SICK!
OMG, cantor reminds me of roy cohn!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Cohn

jwirr

(39,215 posts)
3. I remember the day he died. Our 3rd grade teacher in a public school made us pray for him. It was
Sun Jun 24, 2012, 12:35 PM
Jun 2012

a silent prayer but we were too young to understand what was happening. This event has been the basis for my opposition to prayer in school ever since. My parents would have had me give a prayer of thanks for his death - that is not what the teacher was telling us.

trof

(54,273 posts)
5. I was 10 or 11 when he came to 'prominence'.
Fri Aug 17, 2012, 08:25 AM
Aug 2012

I do remember hearing the term Hue-Ack.
That was HUAC, the House Unamerican Activities Committee.
I also remember the "Have you no shame?" take down at the Army-McCarthy hearings.

Gingrich most reminds me of him.

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