Re: Iraq

In article <kNikf.2818$rq3.1482@newssvr19.news.prodigy.com>,
"Michael Mattias" <michael.mattias@gte.net> wrote:

> "Joe Zitzelberger" <joe_zitzelberger@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:joe_zitzelberger-D6F3D4.19573202122005@ispnews.usenetserver.com... 
>
> IMO McCarthy's Bad Thing was not so much his identifications, but his
> methods.
>
> He abused the power We The People granted him as a member of Congress.  He
> took for himself the positions of prosecutor, judge and jury; and he used
> the power of his office and its inherent press attention to sucker We The
> People into becoming the executioners (e.g., blacklists).

That is what congressional committees do.  Why should his be any
different?

And which "blacklists" do you mean?

> If we are to be a nation of laws and not a nation of men, all those accuse
d
> by McCarthy should have had their day in court before being convicted and
> punished.

Who was convicted?  Who was punished?