[TheCrusader]

Joe McCarthy was right.

[jd777]

A lot of people don't recall the Robert Kennedy worked on McCarthy's committee, McCarthy was godfather to Bobby's son Joe, and JFK called him as a "good american"...

[Aloysius]

Joe McCarthy was right.

Substitute the word "Communism" for "Al Qaeda" and conduct the same hearings today and NOBODY would have a problem with it (except the accused of course).

[DensaMensa]

}Joe McCarthy was right

Of course he was. But both CNN and Public Radio ran McCarthy reports this weekend which just happened to ignore this fact.

[weegee]

After 50 years, Was McCarthy Right?

[G Larry]

Yeah, but his tactics sucked.

If he'd questioned me like that I would have told him:
"Senator, it is not possible that I would have more contempt, than for person to abuse their position the way in which you are abusing yours."

[js1138]

Joe McCarthy was right.

He may have been right in the abstract, but he went after popular figures and did so in a way that disgusted ordinary Americans. In so doing, he discredited honest conservatives, led to the election of Kennedy and Johnson, and probably Carter and Clinton.

The most underestimated American President of my lifetime was Eisenhower, who cooked this turkey in his own grease. Although I agree that communists had infiltrated the government, I cannot think of a single good thing that came out of the McCarthy hearings.

[Zack Nguyen]

It would not at all surprise me if articles like this are leaked to counteract Ann Coulter's new book, which I understand is selling quite well.