@wendy davis

is lifted direct from what Murrow actually said. He was significantly to the right of me (and somehow he was apparently friends with Lewis Powell which blows my mind), but his underlying values make him my soul brother. Here's another quotation that matters a lot to me:

Last week, Senator McCarthy appeared on this program to correct any errors he might have thought we made in our report of March 9th.

Since he made no reference to any statements of fact that we made, we must conclude that he found no errors of fact. He proved again that anyone who exposes him, anyone who does not share his hysterical disregard for decency and human dignity and the rights guaranteed by the Constitution, must be either a Communist or a fellow traveler.

I fully expected this treatment. The Senator added this reporter's name to a long list of individuals and institutions he has accused of serving the Communist cause. His proposition is very simple: Anyone who criticizes or opposes McCarthy's methods must be a Communist. And if that be true, there are an awful lot of Communists in this country.

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Here's the part that I like the most:

The Senator charged that Professor Harold Laski, a British scholar and politician, dedicated the book to me. That's true. He is dead. He was a socialist -- I am not. He was one of those civilized individuals who did not insist upon agreement with his political principles as a pre-condition for conversation or friendship. I do not agree with his political ideas. Laski, as he makes clear in the introduction, dedicated the book to me not because of political agreement but because he held my wartime broadcast from London in high regard -- and the dedication so reads.

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credit where it's due: domestic policies mainly, it seems. i do remember he'd later called trump's assassination of qassem soleimani a 'killing' later, but that may be a small point. on assange? even his followers were apparently eager for him to call out his arrest at the ecuadorian embassy and transport to belmarsh gitmo, and he finally did...to an extent.

for me, 'leftists' aren't imperialists, and while many of his followers call bernie anti-war, he sure isn't that, there's a long list, but beginning w/ voting for 'the defense on nato act'. for me, it's my main issue, but then the ballot box is no way to change Empire for good. but as many have said, most of the best social movements and dissenters to the realm...get shunted into/coopted by the D party.

i may never heave seen 'good nght and good luck'; the cast is phenomenal as well. but imdb has a section on quotes, and oh, my: this one is stellar:

Edward R. Murrow: No one familiar with the history of this country, can deny that congressional committees are useful. It is necessary to investigate before legislating. But the line between investigating and persecuting is a very fine one, and the Junior Senator from Wisconsin has stepped over it repeatedly. We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty.

We must remember always, that accusation is not proof, and that conviction depends upon evidence and due process of law. We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason if we dig deep into our history and our doctrine, and remember that we are not descended from fearful men. Not from men who feared to write, to associate, to speak, and to defend the causes that were for the moment unpopular. This is no time for men who oppose Sen. McCarthy's methods to keep silent or for those who approve.

We can deny our heritage and our history but we cannot escape responsibility for the result. We proclaim ourselves as indeed we are, the defenders of freedom wherever it continues to exist in the world. But we cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home. The actions of the Junior Senator from Wisconsin have caused alarm and dismay amongst our allies abroad and given considerable comfort to our enemies. And whose fault is that? Not really his, he didn't create this situation of fear, he merely exploited it, and rather successfully. Cassius was right, the fault dear Brutus is not in our stars, but in ourselves.

Good night, and good luck.

my last bold reminding me of these lines from for AIM leader john trudell's (RIPower) Rich Man's War:

Some ones are crazy or
Maybe we take turns
Dreaming about some kind of life
We say it could have been different
But it wasn't because we weren't

Some things start good and go bad
Some things get bad and stay bad
Are we caught in between
Living a lie or not living at all

Eliminated choices
Lost in dreams we let go
Memories we never got to have
Something else to think about

but apenultimate has a new post up quoting 538.com showing that bernie will win the whole enchilada, so he is actually surging to the delight of so many.