[SunkenCiv]

We could also say that Joe McCarthy did, by making the outing and purging of commies into a way of conducting a personal vendetta and career boost.

[TigersEye]

I guess you could. I don't think he actually did that. Everyone he accused of being a communist mole turned out to be a communist mole when the Venona papers were revealed.

I guess, like BOR said to Glenn Beck, "we have nothing to fear from communists in this country." When we have RINOs instituting the same kind of policies BOR has a point.