Are we back to discussing Book’s dog?

You are right about McCarthy being a Senator — and I made him into a mere Congressman…

I plead either insanity or senility, whichever you choose…

But the HUAC and HCUA argument is valid. I can still hear the Libs screaming, “Abolish the Hooack!”

Th ose were the days when the US government was awash with Communists (I believe it still is — at least with sympathizers) and had McCarthy not sacrificed himself for his country, we would be speaking Russian right now.

Thanks for the correction.

In Christ,

ExP(Jack)

You are still somewhat stuck in a small chunk of the liberal past. The McCarthy committee was actually the House Committee on UnAmerican Activities (HCUA). You wrote the old liberal pejorative “HUAC” which was a left wing code-word by which we Conservatives could immediately determine whether or not the writer was liberal. HUAC pronounced “Hooack” was a liberal war cry… You should remember hearing the comrades screaming .. as they destroyed McCarthy.

I know, I was deeply involved in Conservative politics back then. I followed all of the hearings, checked the background and witnessed the decimation of a patriot who exposed many actual communists in our government (and Hollywood) — not just “fellow travelers.”

The liberal media from top to bottom, with an organized all out assault, did everything in their power to destroy McCarthy (which they eventually did) because he was treading on their toes and the toes of their friends and comrades in Hollywood. We did not have Conservative Blogs back then — and Conservatives were outnumbered and out-manned. Thus the Communists got away with their slime (and the Lefties still are).

You should read Ann Coulter’s book “Treason” which has proven to be accurate and well documented. NewsMax has a great piece on the book from several years ago. Well worth the read for a sincere Conservative… whether you like Coulter or not.

Ann Coulter – NewsMax – Treason
http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2003/6/23/120358.shtml

In Christ,

ExP(Jack)

I don’t listen to my spiritual mentor.
I did a business deal without checking it out.
He’s just a neighbor.

Translation.

I don’t take advice. (Joint Chiefs, I know they’re around but I didn’t hear them.)
I don’t do due diligence. (CIA, who’s that?)
I don’t know anything about the people I interact with. (Who’s in my Cabinet?)

You want to be President?

I did my growing up back in the Bronx in the 50s and 60s. At the time, there were about 2 million people living in the borough and my neighborhood was mostly apartment buildings of five or six stories, so there was a sizable population of youngsters. As we grew up, different factions developed and were defined by their proclivities for certain types of behaviors. Prominent among the boy children were the ball-players and the JDs (short for juvenile delinquents). Among the girl children were the good-girls and the beauty-school-dropouts.

At a certain point, there was a emotional resonance between myself and the JDs. In the close quarters of our neighborhood, where I was spending my time soon became apparent to my father. He took me aside one evening to find out from me what was developing. I offered the usual justifications, that people didn’t like the way they acted or dressed but that they were really not bad guys. My father’s prescription was short and emphatic: “If you lay down with dogs, you will get up with fleas.”

This “guilt by association” canard that is being used to ameliorate Senator Obama’s associations is just another example of the Left’s affinity for non-judgementalism. We are all hard-wired to observe and interpret social inter-actions. It is part of what has contributed to our success as a species. For me, the give-away is that these associations all seem to be on the far left end of the spectrum. Senator Obama has made his own bed.