[lentulusgracchus]

But to a liberal, it’s all “McCarthy” because they only know what they have been spoonfed. Even the so-called literati make this mistake all the time.

Not really. They're just "staying 'on message'" -- the message that came from Moscow Centre, i.e. KGB Active Measures.

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

Always convenient to have a single scapegoat to focus the hate on, McCarthy, Bush, etc.