American Cassandra

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Yes, they called him a liar, a wacko conspiracy theorist, and a danger to Democracy.
They use the same smears against those who are exposing them now. Some things never change!

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Nihil novum sub sole

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Thanks for that, Cogito! Joe McCarthy did a good job. He does not deserve to be maligned as he has been all these years.

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Yes, I agree. He was obviously prescient. I believe Buckley or Chambers wrote a book defending McCarthy.

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It’s was definitely Buckley that defended McCarthy, Chambers however I heard was critical of McCarthy, thinking that Alger Hiss was innocent.

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I believe it was Chambers’ testimony that finally convicted Hiss?

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