I thought McCarthyism was a relic from the past. I thought McCarthyism was a post-WWII overreaction by some zealots to the perils of communism. I thought McCarthyism was dinosaur thinking whose imprint was left back in the late 40’s and the decade of the 50’s. Looks like I was way off base. It is alive and well as evidenced by an interview with Minnesota Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann.
Congresswoman Bachmann is calling for the American news media to do ‘a penetrating exposé of Congress for un-American views.’ Would this be the same Mainstream Media all the darlings of the far right howl about on daily basis?
MSNBC pit-bull Chris ‘Hardball’ Matthews tries to hone in on exactly what Ms. Bachmann really means when she uses the terms ‘liberal’, ‘leftist’, and ‘anti-American’. Congresswoman (shudder) Bachmann is wound up tight and has her talking-points microchip all energized as she withstands a good grilling by Matthews. She doesn’t miss a beat while she castigates Presidential Candidate Obama as one who ‘pals around with terrorists.’
You have to see it to believe it.
Good news. Yes, there is something you CAN do about this outrage:
Petition for Congress
http://www.censurebachmann.com/
More good news. Bachmann is being challenged by a guy named Tinklenberg.
Bachmann’s challenger on Nov. 4th (trailing by single digits)
http://www.tinklenberg08.com/
Chicago Tribune
http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/10/rep_michele_bachmann_tells_chr.html