And then you have this~~"-In December 1952, Joe Kennedy called McCarthy and asked him to give his son Bobby a job on the committee. In January 1953, McCarthy named Bobby Kennedy assistant counsel. - Bobby appeared to be blind to McCarthy's demagoguery. "Joe McCarthy's methods may be a little rough," he told reporters, "but, after all, his goal is to expose Communists in government, and that's a worthy goal. So why are you reporters so critical of his methods?"
The Kennedy name should be included in the Webster definition of controversial.
Well, in my family we happen to believe that Joe McCarthy had it right!