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Related: About this forumOn June 9, 1954, Senator Joseph McCarthy was asked, "Have you no sense of decency, at long last?"
Senator Joseph McCarthy was confronted by Army counsel Joseph Welch as reckless and cruel
.Have you no sense of decency, at long last?{June 9,} 1954: #AP
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On June 9, 1954, Senator Joseph McCarthy was asked, "Have you no sense of decency, at long last?" (Original Post)
mahatmakanejeeves
Jun 2024
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no_hypocrisy
(54,575 posts)1. Roy Cohn also should have addressed with that
rhetorical statement.
But he likely would have considered it a compliment.
EYESORE 9001
(29,525 posts)2. Today, that question is even more relevant
considering that an entire political party has thrown in with indecency itself.
Irish_Dem
(80,423 posts)3. Decency, self-respect, honor. All quaint old fashioned notions?
At least for the GOP.
