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Limbaugh expands upon his Frank-McCarthy comparison and the "popular myth that McCarthy falsely accused people of things"

March 19, 2009 3:56 pm ET

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Limbaugh, Fox's MacCallum reading from same script? Both compare Rep. Frank to McCarthy

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    • Author by magnolialover (March 19, 2009 5:05 pm ET)
         
      I absolutely LOVE how republicans are trying to represent McCarthy as some great American instead of the complete and utter contemptuous ego maniacal a-hole that he was.

      I heard one of these guys, I forget which one, say straight up, history has proven (actually it hasn't) that McCarthy was RIGHT 95% of the time in her assertions.

      They want to make a hero out of probably one of the most despicable politicians we've ever had. I think maybe only Nixon outranks McCarthy on this.
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    • Author by hurricaneyankee52983 (March 19, 2009 5:16 pm ET)
         
      Only RUSH and the rest of his minions could be so dumb.
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    • Author by shaggles (March 19, 2009 6:07 pm ET)
         

      I'm confused.  How can he use McCarthy to smear Frank and then turn around and defend McCarthy?  I guess what he's really saying is that he wasn't attacking Frank.  He was complimenting him.

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      • Author by magnolialover (March 20, 2009 9:28 am ET)
           
        This is a good point.

        If Rush, and his brethren support what McCarthy did, and then try to smear Frank with a McCarthy reference, isn't that saying the same thing as they support Frank?

        Only in Rush world can logic get so twisted. It's laughable actually. Sort of like the times when they attacked Obama because he said he wanted to go after terrorists if they were in the tribal regions of Pakistan, and he had good intelligence saying that they were there. They all came apart on that one. God, Obama can't invade a country that has nothing to do with terrorism, and all...
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    • Author by paul8616 (March 19, 2009 7:32 pm ET)
         
      Limbaugh: "MediaMatters... That's where they got this question!"

      Mission accomplished, MMA!

      I offer a challenge: Any time any media figure you cover says this, everyone should donate $10. Mark such reports with a tag so that we can all keep track. Make sure it's a special RSS feed so Limbaugh can keep track, too.
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      • Author by LuvLuLu (March 19, 2009 11:39 pm ET)
           

        This is a pet peeve of mine - like liberals have one source of news, and we all drink the same koolaid.

        Just because those crappy Republicans do that, it doesn't mean that we do it too. Projection, anyone.

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    • Author by hurricaneyankee52983 (March 19, 2009 8:33 pm ET)
         
      It,s not a myth RUSH. McCARTHY falsely accused hundreds, maybe thousands of being COMMUNISTS and ruining those lives in the process.
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    • Author by hurricaneyankee52983 (March 19, 2009 8:34 pm ET)
         
      McCARTHY = WHICHHUNT
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    • Author by talknut (March 21, 2009 10:43 am ET)
         
      For the benefit of people too young to remember McCarthy or those who have forgotten details of that era, we should always be sure to label him as "Republican Senator Joseph McCarthy." Had he been a Democrat, we can be sure his party affiliation would always be emphasized by the right wingers.
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