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Originally Posted by graciegirl

The sentences below end Margeret Chase Smith's Declaration of Conscience.



I don’t like the way the Senate has been made a rendezvous for vilification, for selfish political gain at the sacrifice of individual reputations and national unity. I am not proud of the way we smear outsiders from the Floor of the Senate and hide behind the cloak of congressional immunity and still place ourselves beyond criticism on the Floor of the Senate.

As an American, I am shocked at the way Republicans and Democrats alike are playing directly into the Communist design of “confuse, divide and conquer.”

As an American, I don’t want a Democratic Administration “white wash” or “cover up” any more than I want a Republican smear or witch hunt. As an American, I condemn a Republican “Fascist” just as much as I condemn a Democrat “Communist.” They are equally dangerous to you and me and to our country.

As an American, I want to see our nation recapture the strength and unity it once had when we fought the enemy instead of ourselves.

She said it well......

"“Those of us who shout the loudest about Americanism in making character assassinations are all too frequently those who, by our own words and acts, ignore some of the basic principles of Americanism,” she continued:

“The right to criticize;

The right to hold unpopular beliefs;

The right to protest;

The right of independent thought.”

“The nation sorely needs a .... victory,” Smith adds later. “But I don’t want to see the .... Party ride to political victory on the Four Horsemen of Calumny - Fear, Ignorance, Bigotry and Smear.”