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SCOTT HORTON—The New McCarthyism

Ben Smith's Blog found this 10/29/2008 on harpers.org

The last weeks of every presidential campaign I can remember bring out the crazies. Candidates are reviled as “racists,” “Nazis,” “Communists,” and the like. But this year the process has gotten nuttier and more malicious than usual. Perhaps it is a sign of desperation, given that ...