From The Politico: “Liberal allies of President Barack Obama aren’t just getting mad at conservative attacks on his agenda. They are getting even in a way calculated to hit conservatives where it counts: their pockets. Former GOP House leader Dick Armey, former New York lt. gov. and conservative activist Betsy McCaughey and even Fox News’s Glenn Beck have all seen their financial livelihoods threatened by political activists - who in several cases managed to make good on the threats.”
In his running feud with Columnist Drew Pearson, Wisconsin’s Senator Joe McCarthy tried to hit Pearson where it hurt - in the pocketbook. In a speech on the floor of the Senate, he urged the U.S. public to protest to the 650 newspapers which carry Pearson’s column and to boycott Adam Hat Stores, Inc., which sponsors Pearson’s Sunday-night radio broadcast (estimated audience: 10 million). Last week Washington Columnist Doris Fleeson, an old friend of Pearson’s, broke the news that McCarthy had won a round: Adam Hats had decided not to renew Pearson’s $5,000-a-week contract when it expires Feb. 18.
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