In alt.home.repair, on Fri, 18 Dec 2020 05:09:44 -0800 (PST), trader_4
wrote:

On Thursday, December 17, 2020 at 3:12:30 PM UTC-5, micky wrote:
OT Trader should like this.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opini...mn/3922686001/


https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2020...oseph-mccarthy
In 'Demagogue,' Author Larry Tye Dives Into The Legacy Of Joseph
McCarthy

A demagogue is defined as a political leader who gains support by
appealing to people's prejudices instead of using rational arguments or
moral reasoning.

Author Larry Tye says at the core, a demagogue is a bully. In his new
book, Tye profiles a poster boy for 20th century demagoguery — Joseph
McCarthy.

The Republican senator from Wisconsin became known in the 1950s for
whipping up fear with unfounded claims that everywhere from Washington
to Hollywood had been infiltrated by communist spies.....



But what's interesting is his comparison to trump and McCarthy, and a
smaller comparison to Huey Long and George Wallace.

You can either listen to it or read it, although there is one elipsis
(…) in the printed version. Just one** And interestingly, when I
tried to use keyboard periods, it wasn't found. Ah, it's one character
but looks like three.

**Trump successor to McCarthy, everyone waited too long to turn on
mccarthy and only did after his popularity with the public was low.
His influence didn't end until he died***
Huey Long was assassinated.
George Wallace was crippled
But trump was turned out by the voters. He prefers that.

***Well, he both says that he had influence until he died, but also that
he was even more of a drunk (who died at age 48 of either hepatitis or
cirrhosis.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph...hy#Final_years and be sure
to read the next section too, entitled Death

Did the author point out that Trump has a direct connection to McCarthyism?

I didn't read the book, but it's primarily about McCarthy, not Trump,
and so was the interview.

I thought you would say something nice about what Larry Tye did say.
Silly me.

Roy Cohen, counsel to the McCarthy committee, was Trump's lawyer, Trump learned
much from him. Cohen's tactics and ethics were that you should tell any lie, cheat
do anything, to win, that's all that matters. Never admit you were wrong, never
apologize. We continue to see that in Trump, he demonstrates it almost every day.
Cohen was finally disbarred shortly before he died for forging a will and trying to get
a dying client to sign it. Trump recently lamented, "where is my Roy Cohen". So
that's the kind of guy Trump admires and his mob of Trumpets is cool with it all.
Same with Manafort, a $60 mil tax cheat and money launderer. Trump praised him
after his conviction for being strong and refusing to cooperate with the govt.
So good that all of this is getting the big flush in about a month.