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...ring and was promptly disqualified by the referee for refusing to break a hold when ordered. Wild Red took a deep breath and applied his new hold to those in the audience who disapproved of his tactics: "Some of those abusive, obstreperous, pernicious rumormongers who have sought to smear, besmirch and destroy my reputation will never be able to take away my spirit of optimism, because I will always be a ray of sunshine, a creator of gladness and master of myself. I have been a successful champion wrestler because I'm brave as a lion, strong...
...Smear & Evasion. Far beyond politics, the central issue was the effect the hearings would have on McCarthy's influence in the Senate, in the Administration and in the nation. It might be years before this would be precisely measured, but already most of the U.S. was inclined to view McCarthy's legendary, shadowy power through the unimpressive shades of black & white television. Only a confirmed minority cast him as a dauntless fighter, chipping away singlehanded at the forces of conspiracy and ignorance...
Most televiewers saw not an embattled hero but an impetuous and indiscriminate attacker, who vented his fury on friends and bystanders no less than on his vaguely defined enemies. Having smeared, he impugned smear to others; having sidetracked, he bewailed diversion; having deceived, he charged deception. If he had once been a potential leader in the Republican Party, he now had clearly demonstrated that he lacked the self-discipline necessary in any political organization. If he had once been an effective Communist hunter, the effectiveness was now seriously damaged because he had revealed the nature of his own character...
...nation is becoming troubled, and its nerves are already frayed . . . How else explain the rising mistrust of each other, the roaring bitterness, the ranging of Americans against Americans, the scapegoat hunts, the assault on freedom of opinion, the intolerance of opposition, the increase in calumny, demagoguery, bigotry and smear? I am afraid it is because fear and frustration abound: fear of the unseen death-laden struggle in which we are locked, and frustration at our inability to get directly...
...home state, McCarthy in 1952 was a drag on his party even before he began to smear the Republican national leadership. Recently there have been indications that McCarthy's strength in Wisconsin has dropped sharply. The Senator seems aware of that. Almost every weekend since his row with the Army began, he has hurried back to Wisconsin on spcechmaklng and fence-mending trips...