neo-McCarthyism

* Glenn Greenwald is on fire talking about neo-McCarthyism in the media this morning.

The Friday Before Spring Break Is The Third Greatest Friday in the World « Gerry Canavan 2010

One thing this neo-McCarthyism does is spotlight those who have so little faith or understanding in the Constitution.

Think Progress » Liz Cheney Falsely Claims Her ‘Al Qaeda 7’ Smear Ad ‘Doesn’t Question Anybody’s Loyalty’ 2010

I am concerned that the neo-McCarthyism advanced by the GOP will prey on a country that is, unfortunately, vulnerable, and somehow take on an air of respectability.

Mitchell Bard: The "Teabag" Protests Smack of Neo-McCarthyism 2009

Last Thursday's statement by U.S. Rep. Spencer Bachus, an Alabama Republican, that he had a list of 17 members of Congress who are socialists was not the beginning or end of the GOP efforts at launching an age of neo-McCarthyism, but the parallel is too direct to ignore.

Mitchell Bard: The "Teabag" Protests Smack of Neo-McCarthyism 2009

If precedent is any indicator, they'll likely concoct some sort of ridiculous charge torn from a Beck or Limbaugh transcript, while generating public support for it using a Brundlefly hybrid of the Southern Strategy and neo-McCarthyism.

Bob Cesca: The Impeachment of President Obama 2009

Which is why I am a bit concerned about the neo-McCarthyism embraced by Fox News and the Spencer Bachuses and Michele Bachmanns of the world.

Mitchell Bard: The "Teabag" Protests Smack of Neo-McCarthyism 2009

Palin moves from talking about the real Virginia (her latest Macaca moment) to talking about pro-America communities versus anti-America communities in her role as the Josephine McCarthy of the campaign following the lead of John McCain, spearheading the neo-McCarthyism of what is left of the Republican Party and what is left of the John McCain who bears no resemblance to the man who ran in 2000.

Limbaugh, Palin, Bachmann: Three Musketeers of McCarthyism 2008

Major investigative reports found nothing here, so when reporters still cover a casual acquaintanceship with lurid overtones of guilt by association, they don't just spread the politics of neo-McCarthyism, they empower it.

Ari Melber: Obama's George Costanza Tactic on Ayers 2008

Danny Esquilin retorted that he receives hundreds of emails from concerned Venezuelan each day deploring the ... quot; unacceptable state of affairs in Venezuela "which he then goes on to claim, in shades of neo-McCarthyism, is a ... quot; Communist Dictatorship" ...

McCain, Bushes I and II - the same complicity of dictatorship that served Hitler with the means to horrible genocide! 2008

Terrorism and neo-McCarthyism notwithstanding, China's outside links are being established during relatively stable domestic and international circumstances.

Tom Doctoroff: China Rising? Yes. Chinese Century? No. 2008