DIGG THIS Sarah Palin’s statement about enjoying her tour of the patriotic parts of America, Representative Bachmann’s demand for an investigation of un-American activities, and the Bush Administration’s stand that you are either with us or you are with the terrorists naturally remind us all of the McCarthy investigations and the Salem witch hunts. They are all a cause for concern. Properly defined, however, there is some scope for defending Palin’s political gaffe. Naturally everyone from evangelicals to environmentalists sees themselves as being "pro-American" in some sense. In that we are all trying to do, or hoping for what is … Continue reading Friend or Foe?