The New McCarthyism

Tom Oliphant in today's WaPo, with the most important paragraph here:

"Rove's instantly famous speech last week to the New York State Conservative Party should be read in light of this history [of McCarthyism] and not be written off as a cheap, one-time partisan attack. On the contrary, the address by Rove, President Bush's most important adviser, provides the outlines of a sophisticated strategy aimed at making liberals and Democrats all look soft on terrorism.

You said it, Tom.