From the Archives: Shin Kickers From History: Margaret Chase Smith

My Own True Love recently reminded me about this post, which originally ran in 2018.  It seems like a good time to run it again, for reasons that I think need no explanation.   A blog post about Senator Margaret Chase Smith (1897-1995) could easily consist of nothing more than a collection of the trenchant…

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Shin-kickers From History: Margaret Chase Smith

A blog post about Senator Margaret Chase Smith (1897-1995) could easily consist of nothing more than a collection of the trenchant remarks with which she skewered political opponents, reporters, and occasionally herself: Speaking against Senator Joseph McCarthy’s scare tactics: “I don’t want to see the Republican Party ride to political victory on the four horsemen…

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