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Ted Cruz (R-TX): Joe McCarthy comparisons mean ‘we’re doing something right’
Ted Cruz: Joe McCarthy comparisons mean ‘we’re doing something right’
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) says that he must be “doing something right” when critics compare him to Sen. Joe McCarthy, a Republican politician who was officially censured in the 1950s for using false accusations of communism to smear opponents.
In a February report, The New York Times noted that Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) had compared Cruz’ tactics to McCarthyism after he made the baseless suggestion that then-Secretary of Defense nominee Chuck Hagel was being paid by North Korea.
“It was really reminiscent of a different time and place, when you said, ‘I have here in my pocket a speech you made on such and such a date,’ and, of course, nothing was in the pocket,” Boxer said. “It was reminiscent of some bad times.”
But in an interview published on Sunday, Cruz told The Dallas Morning News that he took the comparison to McCarthy as a badge of honor.
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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/03/25/ted-cruz-joe-mccarthy-comparisons-mean-were-doing-something-right/
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) says that he must be “doing something right” when critics compare him to Sen. Joe McCarthy, a Republican politician who was officially censured in the 1950s for using false accusations of communism to smear opponents.
In a February report, The New York Times noted that Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) had compared Cruz’ tactics to McCarthyism after he made the baseless suggestion that then-Secretary of Defense nominee Chuck Hagel was being paid by North Korea.
“It was really reminiscent of a different time and place, when you said, ‘I have here in my pocket a speech you made on such and such a date,’ and, of course, nothing was in the pocket,” Boxer said. “It was reminiscent of some bad times.”
But in an interview published on Sunday, Cruz told The Dallas Morning News that he took the comparison to McCarthy as a badge of honor.
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http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/03/25/ted-cruz-joe-mccarthy-comparisons-mean-were-doing-something-right/
Looks like The House is working on getting rid of Michelle Bachmann,
and the Senate will need to do something about Ted Cruz
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Does this McCarthy wannabe know--or care--that he's being insulted as a vile excuse for a human being? He seems to think innuendo, character assassination, and destruction of innocent lives is a virtue. 
The stupid is strong with this one. 
