Tailgunner

The man who helped take down "Tailgunner" Joe McCarthy and end the Red Scare.

Happy Birthday Edward R. Murrow sazettel 2008

You have to keep in mind that these foaming RW wingnuts think that "Tailgunner" Joe was improperly railroaded, and that he was right in what he was doing ….

Think Progress 2009

May 25, 2010, 6: 17 pm bbbeard says: zuch: “Tailgunner” Joe had nothing to do with the Rosenbergs.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Taking the Washington Post to School 2010

I knew that Tailgunner Joe had had a daughter, but I never realized he had had a son, too.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Andrew McCarthy Sticks to His Guns (And He May Be Pointing Them at You Next) 2010

“Tailgunner” Joe had nothing to do with the Rosenbergs.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Taking the Washington Post to School 2010

Terry McAuliffe just sent out the following email to supporters, trying to turn McPeak's comparison of Bill Clinton to Tailgunner Joe into cold hard cash and linking it to a pattern of personal attacks against Hillary Clinton:

The Red $care - Real Clear Politics – TIME.com 2008

“Tailgunner” Joe had nothing to do with the Rosenbergs.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Taking the Washington Post to School 2010

Tailgunner Joe on the Republican ticket isn't going to attract enough Democratic votes to make any difference and he sure isn't going to help with the Republican base.

Poll: House Dems Headed For Massive Victory This Fall 2009

Kind of catchy, in the vein of Doug McIntyre's "Tailgunner Nuch in a Tailspin."

Los Angeles Politics Hotsheet for Friday 2009

There is precedent for this: the McCarthy Hearings, when the Tailgunner went out of control and led Jacobin Republicans on a series of witch hunts which tarred the good name of anti-communists.

Peter King Lays Out The Stakes - Dan_McLaughlin’s blog - RedState 2009