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21st Century McCarthyism:
Intimidation and
character
assassination
by
P eter M ontgomery
Fifty years ago, the U.S.
Senate voted to censure
W isco n sin
Sen.
Joe
McCarthy, who achieved notoriety
in his time for a ferocious campaign
against supposed communist infil­
tration o f the U.S. government.
The W isconsin R ep u b lican
played on the era's fears o f global
com m unism beginning w ith a
speech in West Virginia, in which he
falsely claimed to have a list o f 205
people in the State Department
known to be members o f the Com­
munist Party.
For nearly four years, he built
power and a massive national fol­
lowing by exploiting the fear o f com­
munism, destroying the lives and
careers o f many along the way.
McCarthy's irresponsible cam­
paign, boosted by conservative think
tanks, media figures, and some clergy,
brought down sitting senators and
intimidated even President Dwight
D. Eisenhower and his advisors.
McCarthy was only able to do as
much damage as he did - and ruin as
many lives as he did -- because too
many other public officials knew
what he was doing was wrong, but
were unwilling to stand up to him.
Today, right-wing pun­
dits, think tanks, activists,
and some Republican Party
o ffic ia ls
are tak in g
M cC arth y ism to new
heights. T ogether, they
engage in character assas­
sination and challenge the
loyalty and patriotism o f their t^r-
gets, with rhetoric aimed at Presi­
dent Barack Obama such as, "I don't
know whose side he's on."
doesn't appear to love America."
This outlandish claim is based on
the fact that Chen expressed con­
cern following the 9/11 attacks that
many would place the blame on in­
nocent Muslim Americans.
They use guilt by association to
attack the patriotism and integrity
o f targets who opposes them or
their political goals.
After engineering a public drub­
bing of ACORN, including Sen. John
M cC ain a ccu sin g A C O R N o f
"maybe destroying the fabric o f
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w Right-wing pundits, think tanks,
activists, and some Republican Party
officials are
9 taking McCarthyism to
new heights.
«
The right wing has seized on the
"elites vs. real Americans" theme,
charging that America is threatened
from within by "elites" within the
Obama administration and the me­
dia who are w illing to subvert
America's interests.
For exam ple, a W ashington
Times editorial attacked Obama's
nominee to a judicial seat on the
Northern District of Cal i fomia. Judge
Edward Chen, saying "Another day,
an o th er O bam a nom inee who
democracy" during a televised de­
bate during the 2008 election sea­
son, the right wing has tried to use
even the most marginal relationships
to the organization as a means o f
disqualifying people for public ser­
vice.
Conservatives attacked judicial
nominee David Hamilton for can­
vassing for ACORN for one month
while he was 22, as if it were a major
portion ofhis career-never m ind that
it was 30 years ago.
Some o f their most egregious at­
tacks were targeted to innocent
Muslim interns on Capitol Hill, who
four Republican members o f Con­
gress warned could be "spies."
Like McCarthy's attack on Presi­
dent Harry Truman's Secretary of
Defense, Gen. George Marshall, who
McCarthy accused o f being part o f
a "great conspiracy" to "diminish
the United States in world affairs"
and "to weaken us militarily," right-
wing leaders today are impugning
the integrity and patriotism o f mili­
tary leaders they disagree with.
Recently, Pennsylvania state
Rep. Daryl Metcalfe blasted veter­
ans who disagree with his opposi­
tion to climate change legislation,
calling them, "a traitor to the oath he
or she took to defend the Constitu­
tion o f our great nation!"
McCarthy was final ly exposed in
the televised Army-McCarthy hear­
ings in 1954 as a reckless and vi­
cious bully. The full Senate eventu­
ally voted overwhelmingly to con­
demn him.
Who will stand up to the Glenn
Becks and Rush Limbaughs who
are carrying on McCarthy's legacy
ofpolitical intimidation and charac­
ter assassination?
Peter Montgomery is a senior
fellow at People fo r the American
Way.
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