In 1952,"Tail gunner Joe" (Sen. Joe McCarthy of WI) had "over 200 names of known communists in the State department," he claimed. To be a Dem in those days you ran the risk of being painted Red and having your career and your life ruined. We took it like dummies until a New England "yankee lawyer" name Welsh had the guts to take McCarthy on and reveal him for the drunken wimp that he was.
In 2006, the Bushies call us "cut and run Democrats" when we call the war in Irag a fiasco. Your "yellow" if you dare cross this administration. I'm an Iwo Jima Marine and I ain't yellow but I think the war is a mis-managed fiasco. It's time we started fighting back in the name-calling department. Our party leadership should follow the lead of that gutsy red-head, Maureen Dowd and start telling it like it is!