MCCARTHYISM: THE ROSETTA STONE OF LIBERAL LIES
by Ann Coulter
November 7, 2007

When I wrote a ferocious defense of Sen. Joe McCarthy in Treason: Liberal Treachery from the Cold War to the War on Terrorism , liberals chose not to argue with me. Instead they posted a scrolling series of reasons not to read my book, such as that I wear short skirts, date boys, and that "Treason" was not a scholarly tome.

After printing rabidly venomous accounts of McCarthy for half a century based on zero research, liberals would only accept research presenting an alternative view of McCarthy that included, as the Los Angeles Times put it, at least the "pretense of scholarly throat-clearing and objectivity."

This week, they got it. The great M. Stanton Evans has finally released Blacklisted by History: The Untold Story of Senator Joe McCarthy and His Fight Against America's Enemies . Based on a lifetime's work, including nearly a decade of thoroughgoing research, stores of original documents and never-before-seen government files, this 672-page book ends the argument on Joe McCarthy. Look for it hidden behind stacks of Bill Clinton's latest self-serving book at a bookstore near you.

Evans' book is such a tour de force that liberals are already preparing a "yesterday's news" defense -- as if they had long ago admitted the truth about McCarthy. Yes, and they fought shoulder to shoulder with Ronald Reagan to bring down the Evil Empire. Thus, Publishers Weekly preposterously claims that "the history Evans relates is already largely known, if not fully accepted." Somebody better tell George Clooney.

The McCarthy period is the Rosetta stone of all liberal lies. It is the textbook on how they rewrite history -- the sound chamber of liberal denunciations, their phony victimhood as they demean and oppress their enemies, their false imputation of dishonesty to their opponents, their legalization of every policy dispute, their ability to engage in lock-step shouting campaigns, and the black motives concealed by their endless cacophony.

The true story of Joe McCarthy, told in meticulous, irrefutable detail in "Blacklisted by History," is that from 1938 to 1946, the Democratic Party acquiesced in a monstrous conspiracy being run through the State Department, the military establishment, and even the White House to advance the Soviet cause within the U.S. government.

In the face of the Democrats' absolute refusal to admit to their fecklessness, fatuity and recklessness in allowing known Soviet spies to penetrate the deepest levels of government, McCarthy demanded an accounting.

Even if one concedes to on-the-one-hand-on-the-other-hand whiners like Ronald Radosh that Truman's Secretary of State Dean Acheson didn't like communism, his record is what it was. And that record was to treat Soviet spies like members of the Hasty Pudding Club.

Rather than own up to their moral blindness to Soviet espionage, Democrats fired up the liberal slander machine, which would be deployed again and again over the next half century to the present day. In hiding their own perfidy, liberals were guilty of every sin they lyingly imputed to McCarthy. There were no "McCarthyites" until liberals came along.

Blacklisted by History proves that every conventional belief about McCarthy is wrong, including:

-- That he lied about his war service: He was a tailgunner in World War II;
-- That he was a drunk: He would generally nurse a single drink all night;
-- That he made the whole thing up: He produced loads of Soviet spies in government jobs;
-- That he just did it for political gain: He understood perfectly the godless evil of communism.

Ironically, for all of their love of conspiracy theories -- the rigging of the 2000 election, vote suppression in Ohio in 2004, 9/11 being an inside job, oil companies covering up miracle technology that would allow cars to run on dirt, Britney Spears' career, etc., etc. -- when presented with an actual conspiracy of Soviet spies infiltrating the U.S. government, they laughed it off like world-weary skeptics and dedicated themselves to slandering Joe McCarthy.

Then as now, liberals protect themselves from detection with wild calumnies against anybody who opposes them. They have no interest in -- or aptitude for -- persuasion. Their goal is to anathematize their enemies. Blacklisted by History removes the curse from one of the greatest patriots in American history.

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"I suppose I always knew America would eventually break the planet, like some ghastly, hyperactive toddler that gets hold of a mobile phone and then smashes it repeatedly against the edge of a table". Quote from british journalist.

"The godless evil of communism," really? There's nothing inherently evil about Marxism. It's idiotic, but evil is a stretch. I can't wait until I hear about the godless evil of Buddhism. Be sure to post that.

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"Liberty is obedience to the law which one has laid down for oneself.” Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Right ... its the application that's evil.

On the other hand, communistic governments have only murdered in excess of 200,000,000 people over the past 100 years. Maybe we should give it another chance.

Vi

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communistic governments

That is the problem with communism, the governments. A pure form of communism would not be so political. I dont like any of the examples heretofore forced upon the citizens, and it would take a visit from the diety to make it work, but communism is pretty much the scenario layed out for Heaven, no?

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"I suppose I always knew America would eventually break the planet, like some ghastly, hyperactive toddler that gets hold of a mobile phone and then smashes it repeatedly against the edge of a table". Quote from british journalist.

"but communism is pretty much the scenario layed out for Heaven, no?"

I don't imagine that "ego" would exist in Heaven, therefore there wouldn't be a need for an economic system.

Vi

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Haha my thoughts exactly! Sorry Vi, I'm sure it's a good article but I'm with Med.

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Pure communism doesnt require economics, just the barter system. Everyone does what he can do to help everyone else and in the process, he helps himself, that is the view of communism-socialism I adhere to, not the repressive governments. It is an altered form of heaven, you have to work or be unable to work to make the system be stable. It's never been tried on a grand scale without repressive governments getting involved. The communes I lived in in the 60s-70s were a form of this, but someones ego always fucked it up, the human dillema. I have approached zero ego a few times in my higher states of mind, but never pure, as I think VI may be right, you cannot achieve that on this plane, mother earth. If you reach this, you die, move into the next realm. The closest I came was at the end of the silver cord, that was close.

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"I suppose I always knew America would eventually break the planet, like some ghastly, hyperactive toddler that gets hold of a mobile phone and then smashes it repeatedly against the edge of a table". Quote from british journalist.

I believe one can reach an egoless state in world. In order to to it, one would have to exist in this world, but live in the spiritual world. One CAN attain the State of Grace, where ego dies, and yet, remain in the physical world. Its not easy staying on that enlightened path though ... as the world continually tries to knock us off of it. Like its been said: "The wages of sin is death." I think they were referring to spiritual death.

Vi

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"I suppose I always knew America would eventually break the planet, like some ghastly, hyperactive toddler that gets hold of a mobile phone and then smashes it repeatedly against the edge of a table". Quote from british journalist.