[DPB101]

McCarthy advanced anticommunism because, among other things, it was his rhetoric which defeated over a dozen New Dealers in the 1952 election.

He made it very uncomfortable to be a fellow traveler.

[Poohbah]

McCarthy advanced anticommunism because, among other things, it was his rhetoric which defeated over a dozen New Dealers in the 1952 election.

How many more did he get re-elected because he made anticommunists look like flaming nutcases?

Also, kindly note that he "discovered" anti-communism because he was in political hot water for defending members of Kampfgruppe Peiper. Seems that most American voters don't cotton to their Senators supporting people who massacre unarmed POWs.