Talk:Margaret Chase Smith
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This rocks. Margaret is awsome and I loved her speech. Its so true! Every bit. I encourage you all to read it.
In his memoir My Life, Bill Clinton describes MCS as a pipe-smoking senator from Maine. I think he may be confusing her with Millicent Fenwick, senator from NJ. Does anyone know if MCS smoked a pipe?
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I went to high school in skowhegan, and on the day of her death we had a moment of silence. One kid in shop class bragged he killed her cat, is their any possibility of this claim being true? Neophytesoftware 21:05, 30 May 2006 (UTC)
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- That's a lovely way for him to earn a mention in Wikipedia. I don't know if it would be worse if he were fibbing or telling the truth. Cranston Lamont 17:19, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
The article states: "speech on the floor of the Senate, earning McCarthy's permanent ire ... Her speech, although it did not produce immediate backlash, was the beginning of the end for McCarthy." --First off, this is just not true. McCarthy enjoyed increasing support from the Republican Party for quite some time (after this). His biggest "victories" were still to come at this point, and Ms. Smith ended up casting votes on the senate floor on behalf of McCarthy-- well after her "Declaration of Conscience" speech. --Also: It was believed by many that her speech was "an act of personal revenge" against McCarthy... Apparantly, he "broke her heart..." During her 1st 2 years in the senate, they both served on the Executive Expenditures Committee together... From personal letters discovered in McCarthy's office-- with romantic references in them... McCarthy always asked his assistant to write "bland, official replies." Smith was a lonely widow, and McCarthy had no intrest in her. --Regardless of the second point, Smith can hardly be credited for playing any major role in McCarthy's downfall... Regalseagull 20:18, 5 November 2006 (UTC)regalseagull 11/05/2006
There is some redundancy with regard to her college education and mention of Sigma Kappa. I don't have time to fix it myself at the moment.Cdean 17:21, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
