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Calculating

(2,955 posts) Fri Dec 16, 2016, 07:02 PM Dec 2016

Turns out Joe McCarthy was right

His ideas just weren't relevant at the time. If only he knew what would happen half a century later.

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Turns out Joe McCarthy was right (Original Post) Calculating Dec 2016 OP

If McCarthy were around today... LakeVermilion Dec 2016 #1

I have always thought Sean Hannity is the illegitimate Chasstev365 Dec 2016 #3

Power and control, jack69 Dec 2016 #2

LakeVermilion

(1,037 posts)

1. If McCarthy were around today...

Reply to Calculating (Original post)

Fri Dec 16, 2016, 07:08 PM

Dec 2016

He would be hosting cocktail parties for Putin and arranging for Russian troops to share bases in Georgia, Texas and North Carolina.

Chasstev365

(5,191 posts)

3. I have always thought Sean Hannity is the illegitimate

Reply to LakeVermilion (Reply #1)

Fri Dec 16, 2016, 07:42 PM

Dec 2016

granndson of Tailgunner Joe McCarthy: the original GOP Chicken hawk. ( He was actually a desk soldier in WW II Like Nixon)

jack69

(163 posts)

2. Power and control,

Reply to Calculating (Original post)

Fri Dec 16, 2016, 07:13 PM

Dec 2016

was what he was all about, like most of the present crop of conservatives. They don't have an actual platform, so they appeal to the great unknowing masses anyway they can.

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