they did not invite senator joe mccarthy. >> mrs. mccarthy was invited to teas reception. >> what is the significance of that? >> i think she was making a political statement on her husband's behalf not to cross the door. >> some people watching this . n't know who joe mccarthy is [laughter] went was the senator that so-called commune ises in and mmunists in government saw it as a witch hunt. he went after all kinds of people that were supposed to have had some affiliation with the communist party or a communist party front or someone who leaned through the communists in the 1930's and 1940's and did a great deal of harm to a debate number of people's careers and personal lives. and the reason that mamie would ot invite him to the house entertainment is that she disagreed with the methodology that he used and the ruining of people's reputations and careers. >> this question is connected. she was a big fan of "i love lucy." did she write to help lucy in any way when she was being investigated? >> yes. lucy had been brought before the

one person they did not invite was joe mccarthy. >> actually, mrs. mccarthy was invited to tea and receptions. she did not attend. >> what is a significance of that? >> she was making a political statement on her husband's behalf to not cross the door into the white house. >> some people do not know who joe mccarthy is. was the senator so-calledfter communists in government positions. witchhunt.lem they saw communists under every desk. all kinds of people. people who were supposed to of had some kind of affiliation with the communist party or a communist party front. leaning towards the communist and 1940s.e 1930s he had done a great deal to a great number of people's careers and lives. the reason that mamie would not invite him to the white house for entertainment was that she disagreed with the methodology oft he used and the ruining people's reputations and careers. >> this correction -- this question relates. help lucy iny to any way when she was investigated? >> absolutely. when she was brought before the , she and desi arnaz are terrified that

a speech called the declaration of conscience really directed at mccarthyism but not naming senator joe mccarthy on june of 1950 and you quote a financier and political consultant named bernard burr who said if a man had made that declaration conscience he would have been the next president of the united states. and you mentioned in the book when you are talking about hillary rodham clinton who is an old friend. he said an extraordinary role model and you have known her for years. your husband served together. did they sit next to each other? >> in the order in which the states come into the union is how they sit. >> oh right. it's so serendipitous. you are old friends and obviously colleagues and you said the united states is ready for a woman president so i have to ask you, she is obviously the great hope of the democratic party and the great hope of many women, whether or not you want her to run and you would support her and any feelings you have. you said you have enduring respect for her service as secretary of state. barring whatever is wrapping her up in her current benghazi -- o

one person they did not invite was joe mccarthy. >> actually, mrs. mccarthy was invited to tea and receptions. she did not attend. >> what is a significance of that? >> she was making a political statement on her husband's behalf to not cross the door into the white house. >> some people do not know who joe mccarthy is. a quick snapshot of who he is. >> he was -- he was the senator that went after so-called communists in government positions. it was a salem witch-hunt. they saw communists under every desk. he went after all kinds of people. people who were supposed to have had some kind of affiliation with the communist party or a communist party front. leaning towards the communist party in the 1930s and 1940s. he had done a great deal to a great number of people's careers and the reason that mamie would not invite him to the house entertainment is that she disagreed with the methodology that he used and the ruining of people's reputations and careers. >> this question is connected. she was a big fan of "i love lucy." did she try to help lucy in any

he's the lefty version of joe mccarthy, a real bad guy. he's using someone's gay orientation to basically blackmail them back in the '50s. and wanted to push a guy to suicide which he did. in this case you've got chuck hagel with a combat record in vietnam accused of taking money from the communists. and i continue front him with this until he quits doing its, you can't talk like joe mccarthy and then talk about improving the atmosphere of the united states senate. your thoughts, josh. because he is imitating mccarthy. >> it's comical of him. because he's like the strychnine of the poisonous atmosphere. but the bigger issue here -- excuse me -- is the republicans got themselves into a weak position here. they backed themselves into a corner. because they were so obstructionist that -- pardon me -- that how could things get any worse? the claim that, you know, whether they're saying the atmosphere is poisoned or then they're really going to not be nice now. when you won't allow votes for confirmation of any of these appellate judges, the de

. >> some people watching do not know who joe mccarthy is. please.plays -- quickly >> [laughter] >> he was the senator to win after so-called communists and government positions. it was like a salem witchhunt, if you will. they thought communists -- they under every desk and chair. all kinds of people who had some affiliation with the communist party or a communist party front or somebody who leans toward the communists in the 1930's and of0's -- he did a great deal harm to a number of people and their careers and their lives. the reason that mamie would not invite him to the white house with theshe disagreed methodology that he used and the ruining of people's reputations and careers. >> this question is connected. lauren on facebook right, i remember reading somewhere that she was a big fan of "i love lucy." any wayhelp lucy in when lucy was being investigated i the house un-american activities committee? >> absolutely. -- lucy andi arnaz desi arnaz were terrified that their careers were over. birthday, and mamie , and othery, desi guests t

joe mccarthy was more popular than kennedy in that area. i love the fact you guys didn't hide this stuff. you did it as he once said, i call it as i saw it. thank you, steven and andrew schlesinger. and coming up, two wishes from jackie kennedy to her husband, one you know about, the eternal flame, the other you will hear about. >>> let me finish tonight with this, jacqueline kennedy wanted two memorials to her husband when he was shot and killed a half century ago this friday. one was the eternal flame next to his grave at arlington cemetery. and today, they laid a wreath honoring him. the other was the rocket to be used on the early apollo flight, she wanted to be where somebody wouldn't notice it, to where she and perhaps her husband knew it was there. jack kennedy wanted to beat the soviets regarding the moon, and basically wanted to win the cold war in a peaceful competition, not a nuclear one. well, six years after kennedy's death, i was serving in africa teaching business. one night in july, a man took the people from his village ont

joe mccarthy, everybody was afraid of him. demagoguery is not a good career run. it's not a long-term career plan. >> opposition to obama care has been disingenuous in a lot of ways. it has been driven by a personal animus by this president and desire for political gain. >> putting lives in danger. >> yeah. you do not want to put lives in danger of the people carrying out these missions on the ground. so many times the a.p., other news organizations have made the call to hold a piece of information for a while and report it later. >> we're just asking for equal respect. culturally they're a few decades behind us on that front. >> and i remember i had to tell my boss here, david corvo at the time what was happening. and i remember i said i have breast cancer. and i have to have a big surgery. i was like a mess. and he said can i say something to you? and i said yeah. he said i have a lot of friends who have breast cancer and they all have one thing in common. and i said, okay. what's that? he said they're all still here. >> looking at you persevering and running a

caused a great deal of furor during a period in hollywood when a fellow by the name of joe mccarthy was reigning supreme. and so, they got something up for people to take care of us, like me, called the blacklist. and i landed on the enemy list. and in order to overcome the enemy list -- what was the enemy list? well, it's, one, that you were a red; another one, that you were a bluenose; and the other one, that you're on the blacklist. finally, i thought the rainbow was a wonderful symbol of all these lists. [laughter] in order to overcome the enemy list and this rainbow that they gave me the idea for, i wrote this little poem -- lives of great men all remind us greatness takes no easy way, all the heroes of tomorrow are the heretics of today. socrates and galileo, john brown, thoreau, christ and debs heard the night cry "down with traitors!" and the dawn shout "up the rebs!" nothing ever seems to bust them gallows, crosses, prison bars; tho' we try to readjust them there they are among the stars. lives of great men all remind us we can write our names on high and departing leave behind

cruz used a deceitful rhetorical style that reminded me of joe mccarthy, insinuating hagel may have taken money from the communists in north korea. let's listen. >> it may be he smoke at radical or extreme groups or anti-israel groups and accepted financial compensation. we don't know. he couldn't say the $200,000 he received did not come directly from a foreign government. may be perfectly appropriate. we might conclude it was benign, it was reasonable but it is at a minimum relevant to know if that $200,000 that he deposited in his bank account came directly from saudi arabia, came directly from north korea. >> baseless? baseless innuendo. this guy is working for the reds in north korea. >> or anti-israel groups or anything else. may have come from satan. when you get into this -- >> may have come from the heritage foundation. >> probably not. i want shows that there's no bottom line any more and he's sort of responsible safety net for public discourse. that you can just say anything. there's no harm that can come to ted cruz for speaking this way, for saying nazis that will being a gre

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mccarthy. listen carefully to how miss mccarthy responds and watch how he distorts it. >> let me ask you one more question because my time is running out. are you signed up for obama care? >> no, i am not. >> well, because i'm lucky enough as a federal government i have health care available to me, which i've signed up for. in a few years when that's not the case i'll be happy to have other available health care opportunities. >> to be clear mccarthy is referring to the fact she's lucky enough to already have health insurance, not knocking affordable care act. a few minutes later right to her face congressman stockton chose to take her words differently. that's number two in our countdown. >> earlier you gave me my favorite tweet of the day, which is i'm lucky enough -- the quote is from you. i love it. it seems i'm luckn enough not to have to sign up for obama care. that's wonderful. i wish my constituents could say the same. >> i think i was referring to i'm lucky enough to have access to goo

personally, his style had been compared by some to joe mccarthy. this is just a sampling of some of his attacks on president obama. >> we should never default on the dead, and the only players in washington who are threatening default on the debt are president barack obama and harry reid. >> why is president obama threatening to shut down the federal government, because he wants to force obama care down people's throats. >> this has been an imperial presidency. it has been a lawless presidency. >> you think president obama has been abusing his power? >> i think he has absolutely been abusing his power. >> you know, this mccarthy thing. you know, i'm not going to get over the fact that he accused chuck hagel, who's up for secretary of defense, a combat veteran of vietnam, of having taken $200,000 from north korea. i don't think the man has any sense of history about this country, what we've within through in the mccarthy period and his almost vengeful attack on his political rivals is something i haven't seen in a long time. he treats his political

cruz used a deceitful rhetorical style that reminded me of joe mccarthy to insinuate he may have taken money from the communists in north korea. let's listen. >> it may be he spoke at radical or extreme groups or anti israel groups and accepted financial compensation. we don't know. he could not even siay that the $200,000 he received did not come directly from a foreign government. it may be perfectly appropriate. we might conclude that it was benign, reasonable. but it is at a minimum relevant to know if that $200,000 that he deposited in his bank account came directly from saudi arabia, came directly from north korea. >> baseless, baseless innuendo. no reason to believe this guy is working for the reds in north could i can't. >> or anti israel groups or anything else. it may have come from satan. >> it may have come from the heritage foundation. >> probably not. but it shows there is no bottom line anymore. and the sort of responsible safety net for public discourse. that you can just say anything. there is no harm that can come to ted cruz for speaking this way. for saying nazis. t

mccarthy. in june of 1950. you pull a financier and political consult assistant called bernard who said if a manmade the declaration of -- you mentioned in the book when you're talking about hillary clinton, who is an old friend. you said an an extraordinary role model. your husbands served together. did they sit next to each other? >> in order of the state came to the union. >> host: right. it was sir -- you are old friends and obviously colleagues. you said the that united states is ready for a women president. i have to ask you, she's obviously the great hope of the democratic party, the great hope of many women whether or not you want her to run, whether or not you support her. any feelings you have. you said you have enduring respect for her service as secretary of state. she, you know, barring whatever is wrapping her up in any benghazi excitement on capitol hill. when you look at the future and think that country is ready, would you, as a republican, sit it out if she ran? >> guest: well

joe mccarthy broke the rules for four or five years. he was popular. everybody was afraid of him, but demagoguery is not a good career move. it works in the short run. it can be great in the short run. it's not a long-term career plan. >> their opposition to obama care has been disingenuous in a lot of ways. i think it has been driven by a personal animus towards this president. and by a desire for political gain. >> putting lives in danger. >> yeah, you do not want to put lives in danger people carrying out these missions on the ground. so many times, the a.p., other news organizations have made the call to hold a piece of information for a while. and report it later. >> we're not asking for anything special. just for equal respect in russia, anyway, you know, culturally they're a few decades behind us on that front. >> and i remember i had to tell my boss here, david corvo at the time, what was happening. and i remember i said to him, i have the breast cancer and i have to have a big surgery and i was just like oh, i was like a mess. he said can i sa

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