[jd777]

A lot of people forget JFK praised McCarthy. In public. His brother served faithfully on McCarthy's committee. Bobby made Joe the godfather of his child. JFK called Joe a "fine american". He told people that "Joe might be on to something."

When's the last time you heard George H.W. Bush or Henry Kissinger praise McCarthy? That's right, never. Because it never happened.

[jd777]

In 1954, when some snot at the 15th reunion of his class got up to toast Harvard College for never having produced an Alger Hiss or a Joe McCarthy, John F. Kennedy stood up and walked out, roaring, "How dare you couple the name of a great American patriot with that of a traitor." -pjb