Greta's dad was Joe McCarthy's campaign manager? That fact fascinates me. It may be the reason she does not come across to me as a flaming liberal. She is a direct person and smart and quick, characteristics I like. She may have learned from McCarthy's experience that the country does not always appreciate being told the truth about communism or it's derivatives and has moderated herself accordingly.
Greta's dad was Joe McCarthy's campaign manager? That fact fascinates me. It may be the reason she does not come across to me as a flaming liberal. She is a direct person and smart and quick, characteristics I like. She may have learned from McCarthy's experience that the country does not always appreciate being told the truth about communism or it's derivatives and has moderated herself accordingly.
Greta's father's first name is Urban. I was a bit too young to remember him being Tailgunner Joe's campaign manager, but I remember the controversy about her father--he fought his suspension every step of the way-- who was a circuit court judge in Outagamie County (Appleton, Wisconsin), the county just south of me.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A45269-2003Aug25?language=printer
In her book, Van Susteren recalls how her father, a judge who was Joe McCarthy's campaign manager in 1946, was suspended from the bench after being convicted of failing to pay his state taxes on time. After his death in 1989, Van Susteren won a ruling from the Wisconsin Supreme Court that her father, who often paid his taxes late, didn't intend to defraud the state.