The New McCarthyism

The New McCarthyism | The American Prospect

"Terrorist sympathizers," wrote National Review's Andrew McCarthy in September, "have assumed positions throughout the Obama administration."

I am just going to start referring to this kind of shit as under the category of "Republican privilege." No matter the ridiculous nature of the charges, conservatives always feel the option of questioning a liberal or democrat's patriotism and loyalty. It actually never dawns on them to question the loyalty of someone like Scooter Libby or Dick Cheney because, after all, "extremism in the defense of liberty (or pretense of liberty) is no vice."