General Tony McPeak stuck his foot in it today. He said Bill Clinton’s campaign tactics are similar to those of Joe McCarthy. I called Tony and told him his remarks were a little over the top and not beneficial to the campaign.
He said, “But Barack, it’s true. The Clintons behave just like Joe McCarthy did back in the 1950s.”
I said, “Yeah, but that’s not the point. Nobody remembers Joe McCarthy. If you’re going to use an evil political figure who plays dirty tricks to win, use someone that people will remember. Nobody remembers McCarthy except old newspaper editors. I don’t even remember the man. He was gone in the 1950s. I wasn’t born until the 1960s.”
The problem with comparing your political opponent to a man like Joe McCarthy is that nobody remembers Joe McCarthy. Besides, the Clintons are even better at playing political dirty tricks than Richard Nixon, and only about half the country remembers anything about him except that he resigned.
Still, I have to wonder if Hillary Clinton isn’t channeling Tricky Dick.
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