The Positive Side of McCarthyism

I had such a wonderful dream last night. "Have you now, or have you ever been, a member of the Republican party?"

I am writing to all of you for help in making my dream come true. How did 1950s America manage to convince the entire western world that communism was so abhorrent that it didn't even deserve examination as a political model? by the sixties, I was definitely and continue to be a better red than dead theorist, but I wonder what happeed in that space to take some of the onus off the word itself.

The cliche about Republicans is that they are mean. No one seems to take that very seriously, in spite of the evidence before their own eyes. But it seems we must manufacture a publicity model that paints the republicans with the same brush they used so effectively against communists in l950. So how can we do that?

I thought about the idea of having the party legislatively dismantled as too anti-american, but I don't think that will work, . . . right?

Tell that to the Communist Party of Canada, which boasts (?) a 75-year continuous history.

Otherwise, part of the problem with being the (alleged) "good guys" is that we have to behave better than the "bad guys." That's why the great and prolific Anon. said, "I've found that evil usually wins unless good is very, very careful."

was because they weren't there to defend themselves. Pretty much the same thing with Democrats, except they are there and still don't defend themselves.

PB

The neo-cons. They're fascists.

I agree with you that they are the problem but it's hard to isolate them in the GOP when fully 90% of Republicans are enthusiastically supporting Bush's policies. I think we have to make a full assault on the party until the party faithful get wary of all the fallout.

America is #1. Americans do everything better. Americans help everyone in need. American ingenuity. Americans spread freedom and democracy.

Of course to Republicans that means white males. The Christian part really isn't necessary because it's just sugar coating to make the whole thing palpable anyway.

So basically, I have no friggin' idea.