3/25/2023 0 Comments Color me mine summit![]() He made life a living hell for a stunning range of Americans. He shot to fame in 1950 by claiming he had inside information that 205 members of the State Department - yes, 205! - were card-carrying members of the Communist Party.īefore that spring of 1954, McCarthy had the Trumpian time of his life holding endless Senate hearings to denounce public figures of every sort as communists. The star, if you want to think of him that way, and the most distinctly Trumpian figure of his moment and perhaps any other moment before The Donald, was Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy. At that time, long before anyone had even dreamed of social media, TVs - black and white ones, of course - were changing lives and habits across the country. It was April 1954 when what came to be known as the Army-McCarthy hearings hit television screens nationwide. Still, young as I then was, I do remember one of those earlier mad moments in American politics. They even banned publications they didn't like from the mail and managed to put a former presidential candidate for the then-popular Socialist Party, Eugene V. I didn't live through the era that, in his recent book, historian Adam Hochschild called American Midnight, the moment during and after World War I when President Woodrow Wilson and his associates cracked down on dissent of almost any sort. ![]() ![]() In fact, Washington has long been a stranger and more ominous place than one might imagine. Nor did I have in mind the Watergate Hearings five years later that revealed Nixon's bugging of the Democratic National Committee's headquarters, among many other crimes. And I wasn't even thinking of the time in 1968, when Richard Nixon slipped by the Joe Biden of that moment, Hubert Humphrey, winning the presidency with less than 50% of the vote, thanks to his " Southern strategy" and a third-party run by segregationist Alabama Governor George Wallace. If you're of a certain age like me, you undoubtedly have an earlier vision of just how ominously mad Washington's politics can get. When it comes to this era's McCarthyism, don't for a moment think that the debt ceiling is the only ceiling that could end up in the dust of history. And believe me, that's leaving Hunter Biden's penis aside. Still, despite watching Greene shout "Liar!" and other Republicans yell "Bullshit!" during President Biden's State of the Union Address, I suspect it could get much worse (and more dangerous) in Washington in the months to come. i hear greyhound is pretty cheap ($100 or less) but they only pick up and drop off at there bus terminals so i can drop it off at mine and you would have to pick it up at yours.This piece originally appeared on TomDispatch.Ĭan there be any question that we're in a mad - and loud - new age of McCarthyism? Thank you, Kevin! And don't forget the wildly over-the-top members of the so-called Freedom Caucus and their Republican associates, including that charmer, lyin' George Santos, Jewish-space-laser-and- white-balloon-carrying Marjorie Taylor Greene, and - once again running for president - the man who never lost, Donald Trump-em-all. if you can agree with that then i would be willing to ship it. but if it is damaged in transit it is'nt my problem. you are more then welcome to pay for insurance as well. i can gaurentee i will pack it securely and that it is in good shape when packed. I also have the VortecMax badges i will sell for $30 shipped or $17 each.Īnd i still have the fiberglass ram-air hood, i will sell for $200 + shipping but i will not stand responsible for damage during shipping. ![]() Please call addco to confirm these are the right part numbers for your truck. it's a small spot that when installed will not be noticeable.Īddco sway bars front #741 and rear #631 these are the correct part numbers for the SS/VHO/Vmax there brand new in the box only removed for pics, $250 shipped to the lower 48 states. Used but in good shape, they do have a few minor scratchs from install/removal and there is one spot that looks like it rubbed off the coating. Pacesetter full length ceramic coated headers, # 72c-2265 $300 shipped to the lower 48 states.
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