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...just as much to the McCarthys, the Jenners, the Kems, and the Cains, who did so much to clothe the GOP and its nominee with the garb of witch-hunting which at first was their own exclusive zoot suit. And, we believe, it was Eisenhower's enthusiastic espousel of the Reds issue which attracted the countless worried Catholic voters, his constant pounding on supposed softness, and his promise to root out Pinks, that elastic category of intellectuals whose confines are ever-widening in the current drive for conformity...
These two points are the core of Mr. Landis' letter. There remains, however, a somewhat embarrassing side-issue, Lodge's needless, off-hand, and stupid espousel of McCarthy. Yet, even this is not the damning flaw Mr. Landis considers it. Lodge, according to a current and valid cliche, usually votes wisely in Washington and apologizes for his wisdom in Massachusetts. When you compare Lodge's 1950 minority report on McCarthy's early charges and his recent ill-advised statement, you see this old cliche proven. If this was a single incident, Mr. Landis' charges would be more than embarrassing...
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