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whistler162

(11,155 posts) Thu Jun 16, 2016, 05:31 AM Jun 2016

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It work in the 40's and 50's - Newt wants HUAC back

http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/14/politics/newt-gingrich-house-un-american-activities-committee/index.html

<SARCASM>'cause it worked so well in the 1940's and 1950's to keep us safe from commie's it should do the same for Muslim type radical people.</SARCASM>

The guy needs to study history a little!

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It work in the 40's and 50's - Newt wants HUAC back (Original Post) whistler162 Jun 2016 OP

duru hala mrmoris7 Jun 2016 #1

??? something about glasses? whistler162 Jun 2016 #2

.... trusty elf Jun 2016 #3

HUAC was different than McCarthy in one main way... Archae Jun 2016 #4

mrmoris7

(1 post)

1. duru hala

Reply to whistler162 (Original post)

Thu Jun 16, 2016, 05:45 AM

Jun 2016

r kono pots pas na?

whistler162

(11,155 posts)

2. ??? something about glasses?

Reply to mrmoris7 (Reply #1)

Thu Jun 16, 2016, 06:40 AM

Jun 2016

trusty elf

(7,391 posts)

3. ....

Reply to whistler162 (Original post)

Thu Jun 16, 2016, 07:36 AM

Jun 2016

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Archae

(46,326 posts)

4. HUAC was different than McCarthy in one main way...

Reply to whistler162 (Original post)

Thu Jun 16, 2016, 07:50 AM

Jun 2016

They were there long before him, and long after.

In fact they didn't disband this committee until the 70's.

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