Thursday, June 10, 2010

No Sense of Decency


This week in History: 
June 9, 1954, a pivotal turn in the Senate Investigations Committee meetings when Army counsel Joseph N. Welch confronts Senator Joseph R. McCarthy with this stirring exchange (transcribed from memory):
Welch:  “Have you no sense of decency, sir?  At long last, have you left no sense of decency?”
McCarthy:  [long uncomfortable pause, as McCarthy looks to his Senate colleagues, who only shrug] “Uh, you do know that I work in Washington, right?”
Welch:  [breaking out into laughter] “I know, I was only yanking your chain!”
[entire chamber shares a good laugh]
McCarthy:  “You had me going there for a second.  Good one.”
Welch:  “Just trying to lighten things up a bit.  Now where were we?”
[chamber resumes business as usual]
Just my thoughts,
Sean

6 comments:

David Goulet said...

The vid doesn't play, can't get the little hand to appear on it.

Gaffney said...

There isn't a vid attached to this one...

David Goulet said...

Okay, are you making a statement about censorship? Sorry if it's going over my head. I don't quite get the box otherwise.

Gaffney said...

There's no box on my screen, just the text - must be something wonky when viewed in other places. Sorry for the confusion.

David Goulet said...

Sounds like you been blacklisted!

Omar said...

I see a vid box too. Weird.