Our bowl of tuna runneth over. We cats were already excited to see that the Freepers have returned, their server restored, and their madcap right-wing nuttiness freely flowing once again. And now, there's Ted Cruz and The New Yorker.
See, our favorite magazine has published a piece by Jane Mayer, pondering the question of the teabagger freshman Senator's resemblance to Joe McCarthy. (And she means more than a physical one, although there is that.)
We cats are sure that the teabaggers have no shame about how retro and silly they sound when they scream about Commies (this time, at Harvard), because we think they've actually studied the Joe McCarthy playbook. They've just tweaked it a bit — no doubt assuming that they'll avoid inviting censure or succumbing to alcoholism — figuring the only thing wrong with McCarthy's message was the messenger.
So there's no question in our furry little minds that the very junior Senator from Texas has a ton in common with the 1950s junior Senator from Wisconsin. Little difference exists between waving around a list of 205 alleged Communists in the State Department and what Cruz and has-beens like Allen West foam about today. And just as one of the first people Joe McCarthy went after was an enlisted man — Milo Radulovich — so too has Ted Cruz quickly chosen to smear another enlisted man — Chuck Hagel.
(How ironic that John McCain, of all people, made a point of berating Cruz for that. In his Senate race, Cruz received an early endorsement from the famous quitter from Alaska. So if Sarah Palin's to blame for Cruz, it bears reminding that John McCain's to blame for Sarah Palin.)
Well, it'll be very interesting to see if the McCarthy label sticks. It will be up to Cruz, of course. In the meantime, the other thing we need to remember about Ted Cruz is that he was born in Canada. So, can we give him back?
(PHOTO: This composite from ThinkProgress was not hard to find. We think the label is sticking.)
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