McCarthy saw it, and they slaughtered him
And Senator McCarthy never advocating outlawing the Communist Party (according to Ann Coulter, lib favorite Humbert Humphrey actually introduced a law that would have done this). Neither did he ever investigate Hollywood (how many ignoramuses know that?). All he ever sought to investigate and expose were Communists working for the Federal Government. It is for that that he has been turned into the greatest "villain" in American political history.
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When you get a chance, read this interview with his secretary:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/935830/posts?page=58#58