[RobbyS]

The McCarthy story has been made into fact by constant repetition. The element of truth in the accusations is that inevitably many bureaucrats abused their authority and used security concerns wrongly.

[lainie]

Abused their authority? Are you talking about OUR federales? Nawwwwwww (/sarcasm)

I've been asking what McCarthy himself (and his family) said in the years after the furor died down and the lies began to exponentially multiply.

[Hostage]

You know I remember a film made for television in the 80s I believe, titled "Tailgunner Joe". It was a hit piece on McCarthy in the typical Hollywood fashion. At the end they showed him deranged and mentally ill.

I wish that conservatives had a film institute to produce an accurate portrayal of the real McCarthy.

It reminds me of two other powerful historical characters that were wrongly villified in Hollywood films, Richard M. Nixon in "All the President's Men" and Captain William Bligh in "Mutiny on the Bounty".

Richard Nixon has never been accurately portrayed in film. The real Bligh was finally portrayed accurately by Anthony Hopkins in "The Bounty".