The New McCarthyism: DHS Reports on Right-Wing Extremism

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Do conservatives really want to wait for another McVeigh-type attack on America?? Didn't they ask, no DEMAND, that we give up civil liberties and give baby-Bush dictatorial powers to 'keep us safe' from the phantoms of Muslim extremists??
Just like baby-Bush assured us that we weren't at war with Muslims, just those extremists who mis-use their religion to justify violence, Conservatives shouldn't worry. Just those who are stock-piling weapons and sending money to "suspicious" organization need fear. Just the extremists who mis-use Conservative principles.
Hey remember, it's just the President doing what he needs to do to keep America safe.

thebob.bob of AL 5:57PM April 15, 2009

I can't believe that nobody has resonded to this yet.
I just don't believe that no one - right or left - would respond to a statement by our new director of DHS 'then comes the news that Napolitano's department prepared a report for state and local police officials titled "Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment." Little more than a nine-page screed against phantoms, the report purports to address potential threats from religious and racial hate groups as well as "those that are mainly antigovernment, rejecting federal authority in favor of state or local authority, or rejecting government authority entirely." The report also singles out for special consideration anti-abortion activists, gun owners, immigration opponents and, with allusion to Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh, returning veterans.'
That includes most conservatives...

Mark of MI 5:46PM April 15, 2009

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Peter Roff

Peter Roff is a contributing editor at U.S. News & World Report. Formerly a senior political writer for United Press International, he’s now affiliated with several public policy organizations including Let Freedom Ring, and Frontiers of Freedom. His writing has appeared in National Review, Fox News’ opinion section, The Daily Caller, Politico and elsewhere. Follow him on Twitter @PeterRoff.