[PAA-Discuss] Help Stop McCarthyism Now

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Renew  your support for PFAW with a donation to help us turn  back the new 
rising tide of  McCarthyism. 
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Yesterday, I emailed you about a rising tide of McCarthyism  that is 
becoming more evident every day in America. 
It's a crisis. One that we need to combat. And I need your help  to do it. 
A major focus of People For the American Way's work in the next  months -- 
and if needed, years -- will be fighting this harmful  and divisive threat 
to progress and our national wellbeing. 
_Please  renew your support for People For the American Way with a donation 
 to fund this work today, and I will put it to use  immediately._ 
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We know what needs to be done and there can be no delay. We  must: 
    *   monitor and quickly debunk the lies and attacks as  soon as they 
appear;
    *   provide the media cover needed for the administration and  others 
to stand up to McCarthy-like attacks and protect the  people who become 
targets;
    *   create the reports, ads and other materials needed to get  the 
truth out and expose this threat for what it is;  and
    *   empower activists and ordinary Americans with the tools they  need 
to combat McCarthyism both nationally and in their own  communities. 
_Please  support these efforts with whatever you can give now._ 
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The new McCarthyism has many faces. These modern-day Joe  McCarthys and Roy 
Cohns are right wing media outlets like FOX News  and hate-filled web sites 
like World Net Daily where so many of  the attacks originate. 
They are members of Congress who block every presidential  nominee whose 
been affiliated with a progressive organization or  cause, or the members who 
call for a witch hunt of Muslim  congressional interns, accusing them of 
being "spies" simply  because of their religion. 
And, of course, they are the media personalities like Glenn  Beck, Rush 
Limbaugh and Sean Hannity who frantically try to expose  nefarious and 
subversive motives where there are clearly none, and  make claims of "guilt by 
association" so tenuous, so utterly  ridiculous, that rational people can barely 
understand  how their attacks catch on with such popularity. (It's  because 
McCarthyism is about fear -- and fear is not  rational.) 
Help us get our ongoing campaign to counter resurgent  McCarthyism right. 
We are only as strong as the support of  our members. 
Thank you for _any  help you can give_ 
(http://site.pfaw.org/site/R?i=tdbXKMUzc4QhVKQrYdgLOA..)  to turning back this new tide of modern-day  
McCarthyism. 
Sincerely, 

Michael  B. Keegan, President 
P.S. Please be as generous as you are able to be, but remember,  any little 
bit helps. 
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