Hillary Clinton Outlasts Neo-McCarthyism Era in Congress - Yeah, well it's still alive & well on DU!

[Bill USA]

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/grant-stern/hillary-clinton-outlasts-_b_8266928.html

Hillary Clinton outlasted her numerous haters when a Fox News interview unexpectedly sent the Neo-McCarthyism Era in Congress to an end.

Republican House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy abruptly dropped out of the race to replace John Boehner as Speaker of the House of Representatives after admitting the truth about the House Benghazi investigation’s real intentions: dragging down Hillary Clinton’s poll numbers before the 2016 presidential primary season. This is the end of McCarthy’s political rise which coincided with the Tea Party era and the creation of the House Select Committee on Benghazi.
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Unlike the original McCarthy era, which cast a wide net, the Neo-McCarthyist Republicans in congress last week focused their efforts on one political foe in an unprecedented persecution of a single political opponent who isn’t even currently in office.

In the wake of the revelation, Rep. Kevin McCarthy made a surprise announcement even causing the vote for a new Speaker of the House to be delayed altogether because Republicans are having trouble finding qualified candidates from their caucus to run for the position.

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McCarthyism is defined in Wikipedia as “the practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence. It also means ‘the practice of making unfair allegations or using unfair investigative techniques, especially in order to restrict dissent or political criticism.’”
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But it's alive and well on DU: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1016160272

[randr]

1. And McCarthy's lawyer was a Trump mentor

The fruit falls not far from the tree.

[annavictorious]

2. I think that a lot of the anti-Hillary derangement that we've been seeing here

is a function of entitlement and sexism.

[Bill USA]

4. exactly. and chanted by Repugants 'for' Bernie. He's their only hope.

[Matt_R]

3. So... are you talking for or against the current FBI investigation of Clinton?

[leftofcool]

5. There is no FBI investigation of Clinton. How many times does the FBI have to say it?

[uppityperson]

6. Locking as does not meet GDP SOP

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