It was an incisive, laugh-out-loud, and sometimes-dismaying, look at an old conclusion of mine, nameley that Leftists of ANY sort should NEVER, EVER be entrusted with a nation's power. They simply cannot handle it, and cannot deal with the world as it is.
Ms. Coulter asks the question all through her book; "YES, but were there Communist security risks and outright spies in the U.S. government or not?"
None of her detractors that I am aware of answer this, or even confront it, for obvious reasons. They also fail to state exactly why it is so "terrifying" for someone to lose work for a position that they CHOSE to take, whilst such amusements as gulags, purges, state-sponsored famines, show trials, and 100 million deaths were being merrily carried out.
Do these McCarthy-haters ever even ACKNOWLEDGE that having members of the Communist Party in high, security-clearance positions is dangerous? All I hear on that question is lame attempts to change the subject.
Sorry, but the VENONA cables conclusively prove that McCarthy and his counterparts on HUAC were largeley correct. As for the Hollywood crowd, actions have consequences. They chose to join groups which were outspokenly anti-American, and their employers decided that they did not wish to employ people with judgement so poor. Boo frickin' Hoo. Nobody arrested them or tossed them into the calaboose for it, as would have happened instanter in the nation they all pined for.
Of course there are. But that is not the question. The question is how much power should government have to do something about it? And will they be held accountable when they overreach and cause injury to our citizens?
Were there communists? Yes. Was everyone who was labeled a communist actually a communist? No. Was it illegal to be a communist as a private citizen? No. Did the hunt for reds get out of hand? Well, I guess that's a subjective question.