Mezue ahịrịokwu a: McPeak bụ onye isi oche nke
Mgbasa ozi Barack Obama maka ntuliaka onyeisiala nke afọ 2008. O mepụtara esemokwu na-esote okwu o kwuru na mkpọsa mkpọsa na Medford, Oregon ebe o kwuru na onye bụbu onye isi ala Bill Clinton yiri ka ọ na-ajụ obi ala Obama: "Dị ka onye jiri afọ 37 jiri mpako na-eyi uwe agha nke mba anyị, ọ na-ewute m ịhụ onye isi ala na-eji usoro ndị a. Ọ bụ ya kwesịrị ịma nke ọma karịa onye ọ bụla ọzọ n'ihi na ọ bụ ya ka e ji ụdị aghụghọ ahụ mee ihe". McPeak jikwa okwu onye bụbu onye isi ala tụnyere McCarthyism: "Etolitere m, m na-aga mahadum mgbe Joe McCarthy na-ebo ndị ezigbo ndị America ebubo na ha bụ ndị sabo, yabụ enwere m ya".