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I re-read some of the other material on the author's web-site and I now have some doubts about this woman. I think that she bears further investigation before we take her side of the story as accurate.

You don't mention the author's name---you know that was one of Joe McCarthy's "sins"---do you mean Freda Utley? What exactly are your doubts? That she's a "Holocaust denier"? Could you provide us with a cite, please? And while you're at it, maybe you can provide us with a reason why your "doubts" now mean Rabinowitz' revival of an ancient smear against McCarthy must be credited. Please be more specific, unless your object is simply to conduct your own little smear.

My doubts stem from some of the links on the Freda Utely Home Page. She was sited as a source in a book on the denial of the holocaust and quoted as having discounted the first person reports of German atrocities. Check it out, I wasn't sure about what I was reading. It all seemed so implausible.

I never said that Rabinowitz' smear of McCarthy was legitimate, far from it. I was only indicating that perhaps Utely is not the best person to quote in defense of McCarthy. As a matter of fact, support by these German apologists could have hurt McCarthy more than it helped him.