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From: Karen Lawrence	10/10/2005 10:37:35 AM
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Rightwing extremism, Joe McCarthy and the Bush Admin:The Ghost of Joe McCarthy By DOUG THOMPSON Oct 10, 2005, 06:15 Email this article Printer friendly page A new film by actor/director/political activist George Clooney resurrects a dark period of American history – and provides a much needed civics lesson for today. Goodnight and Good Luck chronicles the historic, and heroic, stand of CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow against right-wing demagogue Sen. Joseph McCarthy and his Constitution-threatening witch hunt of the 1950s. The film is a warning about what can happen when fear and paranoia rule our government. But it is a warning already being ignored by a government dominated by the same right-wing extremism that allowed a egomaniacal drunk like McCarthy to drive a deep wedge into this country. Sadly, little difference exists between McCarthy and the conservative fruitcakes who control our government today. McCarthy used paranoia about communism to drive his agenda. George W. Bush and the right-wing cabal that controls the House and Senate use paranoia over terrorism for the same purposes. McCarthy shredded the Constitution with his abuse of Congressional subpoena power and contempt for individual rights and freedom of speech. The Bush White House and the Republican-controlled Congress hold the same contempt for freedom of speech and rights supposedly guaranteed by the Constitution. McCarthy claimed his narrow view of the world was the only acceptable view and any opposing views were unpatriotic and un-American. Sound familiar? It should. We’ve heard the same claims from the current occupant of the White House and the hard-core elements of Congress. Murrow, and legendary producer Fred Friendly, decided McCarthy’s threat to the American way of life had to be stopped and stood up to their own network and threats from McCarthy to expose the Senator for what he was – a vile, extremist ideologue who posed a far greater threat to America than the so-called “Red Scare.” www.capitolhillblue.com

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