[xkaydet65]

Not McCarthy. His antics gave anti communism a bad name. His willingness to attack without evidence and his hunger for publicity gave plausible cover to the reds in our govt and nation. Had the KGB wanted to develop a false flag op to protect its interests in America it could not have done better than the junior senator from Wisconsin.

As for heroes, you start with the greates hero of the time and one of the truly great American minds of the 20th century, Whittaker Chambers. Somewhere there should be a memorial for a man who sacrificed his good name for the liberty of his country.Add Richard Nixon to that list as well. His unwillingness to accept the lies of Alger Hiss and his support of Chambers are worthy of praise. And for my own favorite, a man who sacrificed everything short of life was the CIA's James Jesus Angleton.He understood the nature and evil of the enemy more clearly than any of his colleagues.

The sad thing is we thought we had won. Now, looking at the candidates of the Democrat party I wonder if we really did.

[Borges]

Had the KGB wanted to develop a false flag op to protect its interests in America it could not have done better than the junior senator from Wisconsin.

'The Manchurian Candidate' was based on that premise.

[PeterFinn]

McCarthy was briefed in on VENONA and that was his evidence. The problem was that the evidence was classified and he could not go public with it. Still, that means he had evidence for what happened.