During the 1940s and 50s the United States was under the guidance of corruption via J. Edgar Hoover and Jospeh McCarthy. This was a time under what most people call McCarthyism. People were living in fear that they would be blacklisted (denied work or other rights because of an assumed belief or association). It all started when the fear of Communism after World War 2 became a commonly believed threat to the United States and the rest of the world.
After the actions of blacklisting and McCarthyism stepped on enough toes and divided the nation to a point of implosion it was over.
In present day America we have a new spark of McCarthyism that can now be called McCainism.
After Sarah Palin's remarks on "real" America there have been follow-ups from other Republican politicians such as Michele Bachmann (R, Minnesota) who said that,
'...Obama “may have anti-American views” and calling for the media to investigate other Democrats with “anti-American” views in congress. [This would presumably require their removal from office, not just because they would be serving an institution they do not support, but because they all take an oath of office to uphold the constitution].'
This accusation and call for partisan investigation is evidence that not only certain Republicans view Democrats as "anti-american" but the McCain/Palin campaign and would-be administration would possibly conduct 'witch-hunts' after talking so much about "Reaching across the aisle".
John McCain and Sarah Palin represent an inherent danger to the fabric of America in one of the nations most volatile moments in history.
On the cusp of another Great Depression they are asking americans to choose sides in way HUAC would have been proud of - enter, McCainism.
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