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From: jet@karazm.math.uh.edu (J. Eric Townsend)
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Subject: God won't help you (was Re: Jesus
Keywords: McCarthy, witchhunt, analogy
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In article <38984@ut-emx.uucp> clouds@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Kathy Strong) writes:
>Um, David, I think Eric was making a reference to Joe McCarthy's list of
>"214 Communist agents in the U.S. Government," from the speech that started

Damn, I knew it was over 200, and 217 sounded right.  Oh well.

>Assuming I'm right, though, I'm sure you can see the point. McCarthy never
>produced that list, by the way. As far as I know, it didn't even exist. But

As far as *anyone* knows, it never really existed.  (If anyone knows
where I can find a copy, let me know.. :-)


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