An idea for a national holiday.

[RandomPoster]

We should have a national holiday in honor of the legendary warrior against Communism, Joe McCarthy. All wages earned on that day would be exempt from taxation.

 

[Thunk]

I was thunking we should have THUNKDAY!

A national celebration of ME!

 

[Pogo]

I was thunking we should have THUNKDAY!

A national celebration of ME!

I dunno who you are but of these two suggestions yours makes way more sense.

A Joe McCarthy Day would be like celebrating Gonorrhea.

 

[lennypartiv]

A Joe McCarthy Day would be like celebrating Gonorrhea.

Joe McCarthy was a hero who realized conspiring with enemy nations was treason.

 

[g5000]

I can see how Trumptards worship someone who slandered innocent people.

McCarthy's right-hand man was Roy Cohn.

Roy Cohn is the one who tutored Donald Trump how to be a sleazebag.

 

[occupied]

We already have an April fools day, what more do you want?

 

[Hossfly]

A Joe McCarthy Day would be like celebrating Gonorrhea.

Joe McCarthy was a hero who realized conspiring with enemy nations was treason.

Joe McCarthy was a Republican who was hated by Democrats and other assorted Communists, Socialists and other sleazebags, just as they are today. "Nuff said.

 

[RandomPoster]

A Joe McCarthy Day would be like celebrating Gonorrhea.

Joe McCarthy was a hero who realized conspiring with enemy nations was treason.

Joe McCarthy was a Republican who was hated by Democrats and other assorted Communists, Socialists and other assorted sleazebags, just as they are today. "Nuff said.

Also, after the fall of the Soviet Union, KGB files were de-classified that proved that people on his list were selling secrets to the Communists.

 

[occupied]

A Joe McCarthy Day would be like celebrating Gonorrhea.

Joe McCarthy was a hero who realized conspiring with enemy nations was treason.

Joe McCarthy was a Republican who was hated by Democrats and other assorted Communists, Socialists and other assorted sleazebags, just as they are today. "Nuff said.

Also, after the fall of the Soviet Union, KGB files were de-classified that proved that people on his list were selling secrets to the Communists.

So what? He also ruined the lives and careers of people who never did anything. It's like everything else that happens when conservatives pursue security out of fear rather than need. Shit gets broke and liberty dies a little more.

 

[Pogo]

A Joe McCarthy Day would be like celebrating Gonorrhea.

Joe McCarthy was a hero who realized conspiring with enemy nations was treason.

Joe McCarthy was a Republican who was hated by Democrats and other assorted Communists, Socialists and other sleazebags, just as they are today. "Nuff said.

Joe McCarthy was a Democrat when it paid to be a Democrat, a Republican when it paid to be a Republican, a liar when it paid to be a liar (which for him was forever) an opportunist every day of his short life, and a consummate fraud with no redeeming qualities whatsoever who would step on anything and anyone in pursuit of Numero Uno. The very model of the dishonest hack and an un-American if ever there was one.

>> Those of us who shout the loudest about Americanism in making character assassinations are all too frequently those who, by our own words and acts, ignore some of the basic principles of Americanism

The right to criticize.
The right to hold unpopular beliefs.
The right to protest.
The right of independent thought.

The exercise of these rights should not cost one single American citizen his reputation or his right to a livelihood nor should he be in danger of losing his reputation or livelihood merely because he happens to know someone who holds unpopular beliefs. Who of us does not? Otherwise none of us could call our souls our own. Otherwise thought control would have set in. The American people are sick and tired of being afraid to speak their minds lest they be politically smeared as "Communists" or "Fascists" by their opponents. Freedom of speech is not what it used to be in America. It has been so abused by some that it is not exercised by others.

.... The nation sorely needs a Republican victory. But I do not want to see the Republican party ride to political victory on the Four Horsemen of Calumny -- Fear, Ignorance, Bigotry, and Smear. I doubt if the Republican party could do so, simply because I do not believe the American people will uphold any political party that puts political exploitation above national interest. Surely we Republicans are not that desperate for victory. I do not want to see the Republican party win that way. While it might be a fleeting victory for the Republican party, it would be a more lasting defeat for the American people. Surely it would ultimately be suicide for the Republican party and the two-party system that has protected our American liberties from the dictatorship of a one-party system. << --- Sen. Margaret Chase Smith (R-ME), "Declaration of Conscience/Statement of Seven Republican Senators", June 1, 1950
​

When the nuisance that was McCarthy fell from grace, President Eisenhower dismissed his clownish grandstanding as "McCarthy-wasism". Good riddance to bad rubbish.

 

[occupied]

A Joe McCarthy Day would be like celebrating Gonorrhea.

Joe McCarthy was a hero who realized conspiring with enemy nations was treason.

Joe McCarthy was a Republican who was hated by Democrats and other assorted Communists, Socialists and other sleazebags, just as they are today. "Nuff said.

Joe McCarthy was a Democrat when it paid to be a Democrat, a Republican when it paid to be a Republican, a liar when it paid to be a liar (which for him was forever) an opportunist every day of his short life, and a consummate fraud with no redeeming qualities whatsoever who would step on anything and anyone in pursuit of Numero Uno. The very model of the dishonest hack and an un-American if ever there was one.

>> Those of us who shout the loudest about Americanism in making character assassinations are all too frequently those who, by our own words and acts, ignore some of the basic principles of Americanism

The right to criticize.
The right to hold unpopular beliefs.
The right to protest.
The right of independent thought.

The exercise of these rights should not cost one single American citizen his reputation or his right to a livelihood nor should he be in danger of losing his reputation or livelihood merely because he happens to know someone who holds unpopular beliefs. Who of us does not? Otherwise none of us could call our souls our own. Otherwise thought control would have set in. The American people are sick and tired of being afraid to speak their minds lest they be politically smeared as "Communists" or "Fascists" by their opponents. Freedom of speech is not what it used to be in America. It has been so abused by some that it is not exercised by others.

.... The nation sorely needs a Republican victory. But I do not want to see the Republican party ride to political victory on the Four Horsemen of Calumny -- Fear, Ignorance, Bigotry, and Smear. I doubt if the Republican party could do so, simply because I do not believe the American people will uphold any political party that puts political exploitation above national interest. Surely we Republicans are not that desperate for victory. I do not want to see the Republican party win that way. While it might be a fleeting victory for the Republican party, it would be a more lasting defeat for the American people. Surely it would ultimately be suicide for the Republican party and the two-party system that has protected our American liberties from the dictatorship of a one-party system. << --- Sen. Margaret Chase Smith (R-ME), "Declaration of Conscience/Statement of Seven Republican Senators", June 1, 1950
​

When the nuisance that was McCarthy fell from grace, President Eisenhower dismissed his clownish grandstanding as "McCarthy-wasism". Good riddance to bad rubbish.

Exemplary post.

 

[Hossfly]

A Joe McCarthy Day would be like celebrating Gonorrhea.

Joe McCarthy was a hero who realized conspiring with enemy nations was treason.

Joe McCarthy was a Republican who was hated by Democrats and other assorted Communists, Socialists and other sleazebags, just as they are today. "Nuff said.

Joe McCarthy was a Democrat when it paid to be a Democrat, a Republican when it paid to be a Republican, a liar when it paid to be a liar (which for him was forever) an opportunist every day of his short life, and a consummate fraud with no redeeming qualities whatsoever who would step on anything and anyone in pursuit of Numero Uno. The very model of the dishonest hack and an un-American if ever there was one.

>> Those of us who shout the loudest about Americanism in making character assassinations are all too frequently those who, by our own words and acts, ignore some of the basic principles of Americanism

The right to criticize.
The right to hold unpopular beliefs.
The right to protest.
The right of independent thought.

The exercise of these rights should not cost one single American citizen his reputation or his right to a livelihood nor should he be in danger of losing his reputation or livelihood merely because he happens to know someone who holds unpopular beliefs. Who of us does not? Otherwise none of us could call our souls our own. Otherwise thought control would have set in. The American people are sick and tired of being afraid to speak their minds lest they be politically smeared as "Communists" or "Fascists" by their opponents. Freedom of speech is not what it used to be in America. It has been so abused by some that it is not exercised by others.

.... The nation sorely needs a Republican victory. But I do not want to see the Republican party ride to political victory on the Four Horsemen of Calumny -- Fear, Ignorance, Bigotry, and Smear. I doubt if the Republican party could do so, simply because I do not believe the American people will uphold any political party that puts political exploitation above national interest. Surely we Republicans are not that desperate for victory. I do not want to see the Republican party win that way. While it might be a fleeting victory for the Republican party, it would be a more lasting defeat for the American people. Surely it would ultimately be suicide for the Republican party and the two-party system that has protected our American liberties from the dictatorship of a one-party system. << --- Sen. Margaret Chase Smith (R-ME), "Declaration of Conscience/Statement of Seven Republican Senators", June 1, 1950
​

When the nuisance that was McCarthy fell from grace, President Eisenhower dismissed his clownish grandstanding as "McCarthy-wasism". Good riddance to bad rubbish.

I was only interested in the Blacklisting of the Commies in Hollywood and would race home every day from school to watch the hearings. Every one of those people were either Commies or supportive of the bastards. During the 30s and 40s they were all up to their necks in communism, as they still are today. I have no sympathy for any of them.

 

[Pogo]

A Joe McCarthy Day would be like celebrating Gonorrhea.

Joe McCarthy was a hero who realized conspiring with enemy nations was treason.

Joe McCarthy was a Republican who was hated by Democrats and other assorted Communists, Socialists and other sleazebags, just as they are today. "Nuff said.

Joe McCarthy was a Democrat when it paid to be a Democrat, a Republican when it paid to be a Republican, a liar when it paid to be a liar (which for him was forever) an opportunist every day of his short life, and a consummate fraud with no redeeming qualities whatsoever who would step on anything and anyone in pursuit of Numero Uno. The very model of the dishonest hack and an un-American if ever there was one.

>> Those of us who shout the loudest about Americanism in making character assassinations are all too frequently those who, by our own words and acts, ignore some of the basic principles of Americanism

The right to criticize.
The right to hold unpopular beliefs.
The right to protest.
The right of independent thought.

The exercise of these rights should not cost one single American citizen his reputation or his right to a livelihood nor should he be in danger of losing his reputation or livelihood merely because he happens to know someone who holds unpopular beliefs. Who of us does not? Otherwise none of us could call our souls our own. Otherwise thought control would have set in. The American people are sick and tired of being afraid to speak their minds lest they be politically smeared as "Communists" or "Fascists" by their opponents. Freedom of speech is not what it used to be in America. It has been so abused by some that it is not exercised by others.

.... The nation sorely needs a Republican victory. But I do not want to see the Republican party ride to political victory on the Four Horsemen of Calumny -- Fear, Ignorance, Bigotry, and Smear. I doubt if the Republican party could do so, simply because I do not believe the American people will uphold any political party that puts political exploitation above national interest. Surely we Republicans are not that desperate for victory. I do not want to see the Republican party win that way. While it might be a fleeting victory for the Republican party, it would be a more lasting defeat for the American people. Surely it would ultimately be suicide for the Republican party and the two-party system that has protected our American liberties from the dictatorship of a one-party system. << --- Sen. Margaret Chase Smith (R-ME), "Declaration of Conscience/Statement of Seven Republican Senators", June 1, 1950
​

When the nuisance that was McCarthy fell from grace, President Eisenhower dismissed his clownish grandstanding as "McCarthy-wasism". Good riddance to bad rubbish.

Exemplary post.

Thanks, but just standard fare when the revisionists start yet another whitewash campaign trying to clean up Joe McCarthy, a national disgrace.

I thought the Republican Party could have made some history if they nominated Margaret Chase Smith to run against Lyndon Johnson in 1964 instead of Goldwater. She ran for it.

 

[Pogo]

A Joe McCarthy Day would be like celebrating Gonorrhea.

Joe McCarthy was a hero who realized conspiring with enemy nations was treason.

Joe McCarthy was a Republican who was hated by Democrats and other assorted Communists, Socialists and other sleazebags, just as they are today. "Nuff said.

Joe McCarthy was a Democrat when it paid to be a Democrat, a Republican when it paid to be a Republican, a liar when it paid to be a liar (which for him was forever) an opportunist every day of his short life, and a consummate fraud with no redeeming qualities whatsoever who would step on anything and anyone in pursuit of Numero Uno. The very model of the dishonest hack and an un-American if ever there was one.

>> Those of us who shout the loudest about Americanism in making character assassinations are all too frequently those who, by our own words and acts, ignore some of the basic principles of Americanism

The right to criticize.
The right to hold unpopular beliefs.
The right to protest.
The right of independent thought.

The exercise of these rights should not cost one single American citizen his reputation or his right to a livelihood nor should he be in danger of losing his reputation or livelihood merely because he happens to know someone who holds unpopular beliefs. Who of us does not? Otherwise none of us could call our souls our own. Otherwise thought control would have set in. The American people are sick and tired of being afraid to speak their minds lest they be politically smeared as "Communists" or "Fascists" by their opponents. Freedom of speech is not what it used to be in America. It has been so abused by some that it is not exercised by others.

.... The nation sorely needs a Republican victory. But I do not want to see the Republican party ride to political victory on the Four Horsemen of Calumny -- Fear, Ignorance, Bigotry, and Smear. I doubt if the Republican party could do so, simply because I do not believe the American people will uphold any political party that puts political exploitation above national interest. Surely we Republicans are not that desperate for victory. I do not want to see the Republican party win that way. While it might be a fleeting victory for the Republican party, it would be a more lasting defeat for the American people. Surely it would ultimately be suicide for the Republican party and the two-party system that has protected our American liberties from the dictatorship of a one-party system. << --- Sen. Margaret Chase Smith (R-ME), "Declaration of Conscience/Statement of Seven Republican Senators", June 1, 1950
​

When the nuisance that was McCarthy fell from grace, President Eisenhower dismissed his clownish grandstanding as "McCarthy-wasism". Good riddance to bad rubbish.

I was only interested in the Blacklisting of the Commies in Hollywood and would race home every day from school to watch the hearings. Every one of those people were either Commies or supportive of the bastards. During the 30s and 40s they were all up to their necks in communism, as they still are today. I have no sympathy for any of them.

Well then you need to fix that.
We have freedom of opinion in this country. When that's denied a citizen, you need to be on THEIR side.

 

[Hossfly]

A Joe McCarthy Day would be like celebrating Gonorrhea.

Joe McCarthy was a hero who realized conspiring with enemy nations was treason.

Joe McCarthy was a Republican who was hated by Democrats and other assorted Communists, Socialists and other sleazebags, just as they are today. "Nuff said.

Joe McCarthy was a Democrat when it paid to be a Democrat, a Republican when it paid to be a Republican, a liar when it paid to be a liar (which for him was forever) an opportunist every day of his short life, and a consummate fraud with no redeeming qualities whatsoever who would step on anything and anyone in pursuit of Numero Uno. The very model of the dishonest hack and an un-American if ever there was one.

>> Those of us who shout the loudest about Americanism in making character assassinations are all too frequently those who, by our own words and acts, ignore some of the basic principles of Americanism

The right to criticize.
The right to hold unpopular beliefs.
The right to protest.
The right of independent thought.

The exercise of these rights should not cost one single American citizen his reputation or his right to a livelihood nor should he be in danger of losing his reputation or livelihood merely because he happens to know someone who holds unpopular beliefs. Who of us does not? Otherwise none of us could call our souls our own. Otherwise thought control would have set in. The American people are sick and tired of being afraid to speak their minds lest they be politically smeared as "Communists" or "Fascists" by their opponents. Freedom of speech is not what it used to be in America. It has been so abused by some that it is not exercised by others.

.... The nation sorely needs a Republican victory. But I do not want to see the Republican party ride to political victory on the Four Horsemen of Calumny -- Fear, Ignorance, Bigotry, and Smear. I doubt if the Republican party could do so, simply because I do not believe the American people will uphold any political party that puts political exploitation above national interest. Surely we Republicans are not that desperate for victory. I do not want to see the Republican party win that way. While it might be a fleeting victory for the Republican party, it would be a more lasting defeat for the American people. Surely it would ultimately be suicide for the Republican party and the two-party system that has protected our American liberties from the dictatorship of a one-party system. << --- Sen. Margaret Chase Smith (R-ME), "Declaration of Conscience/Statement of Seven Republican Senators", June 1, 1950
​

When the nuisance that was McCarthy fell from grace, President Eisenhower dismissed his clownish grandstanding as "McCarthy-wasism". Good riddance to bad rubbish.

I was only interested in the Blacklisting of the Commies in Hollywood and would race home every day from school to watch the hearings. Every one of those people were either Commies or supportive of the bastards. During the 30s and 40s they were all up to their necks in communism, as they still are today. I have no sympathy for any of them.

Well then you need to fix that.
We have freedom of opinion in this country. When that's denied a citizen, you need to be on THEIR side.

Back in those days it was a felony to be a Communist. We had just finished a war with China and N. Korea and was in the early days of the Cold War. McCarthy was a drunken bum but he loved America. Unlike Commies and Democrat pukes today.

 

[RandomPoster]

A Joe McCarthy Day would be like celebrating Gonorrhea.

Joe McCarthy was a hero who realized conspiring with enemy nations was treason.

Joe McCarthy was a Republican who was hated by Democrats and other assorted Communists, Socialists and other sleazebags, just as they are today. "Nuff said.

Joe McCarthy was a Democrat when it paid to be a Democrat, a Republican when it paid to be a Republican, a liar when it paid to be a liar (which for him was forever) an opportunist every day of his short life, and a consummate fraud with no redeeming qualities whatsoever who would step on anything and anyone in pursuit of Numero Uno. The very model of the dishonest hack and an un-American if ever there was one.

>> Those of us who shout the loudest about Americanism in making character assassinations are all too frequently those who, by our own words and acts, ignore some of the basic principles of Americanism

The right to criticize.
The right to hold unpopular beliefs.
The right to protest.
The right of independent thought.

The exercise of these rights should not cost one single American citizen his reputation or his right to a livelihood nor should he be in danger of losing his reputation or livelihood merely because he happens to know someone who holds unpopular beliefs. Who of us does not? Otherwise none of us could call our souls our own. Otherwise thought control would have set in. The American people are sick and tired of being afraid to speak their minds lest they be politically smeared as "Communists" or "Fascists" by their opponents. Freedom of speech is not what it used to be in America. It has been so abused by some that it is not exercised by others.

.... The nation sorely needs a Republican victory. But I do not want to see the Republican party ride to political victory on the Four Horsemen of Calumny -- Fear, Ignorance, Bigotry, and Smear. I doubt if the Republican party could do so, simply because I do not believe the American people will uphold any political party that puts political exploitation above national interest. Surely we Republicans are not that desperate for victory. I do not want to see the Republican party win that way. While it might be a fleeting victory for the Republican party, it would be a more lasting defeat for the American people. Surely it would ultimately be suicide for the Republican party and the two-party system that has protected our American liberties from the dictatorship of a one-party system. << --- Sen. Margaret Chase Smith (R-ME), "Declaration of Conscience/Statement of Seven Republican Senators", June 1, 1950
​

When the nuisance that was McCarthy fell from grace, President Eisenhower dismissed his clownish grandstanding as "McCarthy-wasism". Good riddance to bad rubbish.

I was only interested in the Blacklisting of the Commies in Hollywood and would race home every day from school to watch the hearings. Every one of those people were either Commies or supportive of the bastards. During the 30s and 40s they were all up to their necks in communism, as they still are today. I have no sympathy for any of them.

Well then you need to fix that.
We have freedom of opinion in this country. When that's denied a citizen, you need to be on THEIR side.

The VENONA Revelations

If nothing more had ever been discovered, perhaps it would have been possible for some to assert that McCarthy was guilty of paranoia, and that he overreacted to the information he was given and blew things up out of all proportion. But four decades later, information emerged that proved conclusively McCarthy’s fear of a communist conspiracy was well placed. The full extent of Soviet espionage during the early years of the Cold War was finally revealed in 1995, when the U.S. government released classified documents related to a top-secret intelligence project that went by the code name VENONA.

This counterespionage initiative involved the interception and decryption of thousands of Soviet communications by the NSA and the FBI during the late 1940s and 1950s. In these cables, Soviet sources referenced 349 Americans in sensitive positions who were either spying for them or otherwise providing useful information about a variety of US government activities and defense programs, including research and development into nuclear weapons. Because these individuals were all given code names or numbers, it was not possible to identify every single one of them. However, many who were eventually identified as communist agents were in fact some of the very same people who had been named and listed on the government reports that had been used by Joseph McCarthy as his primary sources of information. Additionally, McCarthy was close to FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, and while it is not known exactly what Hoover may or may not have told him in their private conversations, some of the information that was being picked up on the VENONA intercepts certainly could have made its way back to McCarthy through this channel.

But regardless of any secret sources McCarthy may or may not have had, the release of the VENONA documents proved conclusively that his concerns about communist infiltration of the U.S. government were entirely justified, and, if anything, perhaps even a little too restrained.

The Blacklisting Myth

Most of the stories people have heard about lives being ruined by the excesses of “McCarthyism” have involved Hollywood screen writers, actors, and producers, college professors and high school teachers, labor union officials, and social activists of various stripes who lost their jobs and were blacklisted on the flimsiest of excuses. These things certainly did happen, and some have estimated that as many as 10,000 Americans lost their livelihoods as a result of the excesses of the “Red Scare” of the 1950s.

But there is one thing that many people do not realize – Joseph McCarthy and his Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations had absolutely nothing to do with any of this. Sen. McCarthy was not the least bit interested in the follies, foibles, or youthful indiscretions of Hollywood celebrities, nor was he concerned about the hidden political proclivities of anyone else not directly employed by or associated with the U.S. federal government. Joseph McCarthy was concerned with one thing and one thing only – protecting the security interests of the United States against enemies both foreign and domestic.

The House of Representatives Un-American Activities Committee, or HUAC, was responsible for the persecution and blacklisting of private citizens that we tend to associate with the “McCarthyism.” Out of the 10,000 people who lost their jobs as a result of government investigations into communism, perhaps 40 or so were subjects of hearings or fact-finding missions conducted by Sen. McCarthy. Those who have attempted to blame the blacklisting phenomenon on “McCarthyism” are simply ignorant about what really happened during those times, and it is an ignorance that has been cultivated by those who don’t want the truth to be known. In reality, Joseph McCarthy’s investigations were a model of restraint in comparison to those carried out under the auspices of the House Un-American Activities Committee.

‘McCarthyism’ Reconsidered: The Real Truth About Joseph McCarthy And His Tireless Campaign Against International Communism - Off The Grid News

 

[RandomPoster]

Here is a link to a book that refutes the myths of the great Joe McCarthy in more detail.

Robot Check

 

[occupied]

Here is a link to a book that refutes the myths of the great Joe McCarthy in more detail.

Robot Check

McCarthy and his kind have endangered American liberty far more than any foreign enemy. Quit trying to whitewash, his legacy is sealed.

 

[rightwinger]

We should have a national holiday in honor of the legendary warrior against Communism, Joe McCarthy. All wages earned on that day would be exempt from taxation.

Republicans worship him more than they do Martin Luther King

 

[rightwinger]

Joe McCarthy was a hero who realized conspiring with enemy nations was treason.

Joe McCarthy was a Republican who was hated by Democrats and other assorted Communists, Socialists and other sleazebags, just as they are today. "Nuff said.

Joe McCarthy was a Democrat when it paid to be a Democrat, a Republican when it paid to be a Republican, a liar when it paid to be a liar (which for him was forever) an opportunist every day of his short life, and a consummate fraud with no redeeming qualities whatsoever who would step on anything and anyone in pursuit of Numero Uno. The very model of the dishonest hack and an un-American if ever there was one.

>> Those of us who shout the loudest about Americanism in making character assassinations are all too frequently those who, by our own words and acts, ignore some of the basic principles of Americanism

The right to criticize.
The right to hold unpopular beliefs.
The right to protest.
The right of independent thought.

The exercise of these rights should not cost one single American citizen his reputation or his right to a livelihood nor should he be in danger of losing his reputation or livelihood merely because he happens to know someone who holds unpopular beliefs. Who of us does not? Otherwise none of us could call our souls our own. Otherwise thought control would have set in. The American people are sick and tired of being afraid to speak their minds lest they be politically smeared as "Communists" or "Fascists" by their opponents. Freedom of speech is not what it used to be in America. It has been so abused by some that it is not exercised by others.

.... The nation sorely needs a Republican victory. But I do not want to see the Republican party ride to political victory on the Four Horsemen of Calumny -- Fear, Ignorance, Bigotry, and Smear. I doubt if the Republican party could do so, simply because I do not believe the American people will uphold any political party that puts political exploitation above national interest. Surely we Republicans are not that desperate for victory. I do not want to see the Republican party win that way. While it might be a fleeting victory for the Republican party, it would be a more lasting defeat for the American people. Surely it would ultimately be suicide for the Republican party and the two-party system that has protected our American liberties from the dictatorship of a one-party system. << --- Sen. Margaret Chase Smith (R-ME), "Declaration of Conscience/Statement of Seven Republican Senators", June 1, 1950
​

When the nuisance that was McCarthy fell from grace, President Eisenhower dismissed his clownish grandstanding as "McCarthy-wasism". Good riddance to bad rubbish.

I was only interested in the Blacklisting of the Commies in Hollywood and would race home every day from school to watch the hearings. Every one of those people were either Commies or supportive of the bastards. During the 30s and 40s they were all up to their necks in communism, as they still are today. I have no sympathy for any of them.

Well then you need to fix that.
We have freedom of opinion in this country. When that's denied a citizen, you need to be on THEIR side.

The VENONA Revelations

If nothing more had ever been discovered, perhaps it would have been possible for some to assert that McCarthy was guilty of paranoia, and that he overreacted to the information he was given and blew things up out of all proportion. But four decades later, information emerged that proved conclusively McCarthy’s fear of a communist conspiracy was well placed. The full extent of Soviet espionage during the early years of the Cold War was finally revealed in 1995, when the U.S. government released classified documents related to a top-secret intelligence project that went by the code name VENONA.

This counterespionage initiative involved the interception and decryption of thousands of Soviet communications by the NSA and the FBI during the late 1940s and 1950s. In these cables, Soviet sources referenced 349 Americans in sensitive positions who were either spying for them or otherwise providing useful information about a variety of US government activities and defense programs, including research and development into nuclear weapons. Because these individuals were all given code names or numbers, it was not possible to identify every single one of them. However, many who were eventually identified as communist agents were in fact some of the very same people who had been named and listed on the government reports that had been used by Joseph McCarthy as his primary sources of information. Additionally, McCarthy was close to FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, and while it is not known exactly what Hoover may or may not have told him in their private conversations, some of the information that was being picked up on the VENONA intercepts certainly could have made its way back to McCarthy through this channel.

But regardless of any secret sources McCarthy may or may not have had, the release of the VENONA documents proved conclusively that his concerns about communist infiltration of the U.S. government were entirely justified, and, if anything, perhaps even a little too restrained.

The Blacklisting Myth

Most of the stories people have heard about lives being ruined by the excesses of “McCarthyism” have involved Hollywood screen writers, actors, and producers, college professors and high school teachers, labor union officials, and social activists of various stripes who lost their jobs and were blacklisted on the flimsiest of excuses. These things certainly did happen, and some have estimated that as many as 10,000 Americans lost their livelihoods as a result of the excesses of the “Red Scare” of the 1950s.

But there is one thing that many people do not realize – Joseph McCarthy and his Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations had absolutely nothing to do with any of this. Sen. McCarthy was not the least bit interested in the follies, foibles, or youthful indiscretions of Hollywood celebrities, nor was he concerned about the hidden political proclivities of anyone else not directly employed by or associated with the U.S. federal government. Joseph McCarthy was concerned with one thing and one thing only – protecting the security interests of the United States against enemies both foreign and domestic.

The House of Representatives Un-American Activities Committee, or HUAC, was responsible for the persecution and blacklisting of private citizens that we tend to associate with the “McCarthyism.” Out of the 10,000 people who lost their jobs as a result of government investigations into communism, perhaps 40 or so were subjects of hearings or fact-finding missions conducted by Sen. McCarthy. Those who have attempted to blame the blacklisting phenomenon on “McCarthyism” are simply ignorant about what really happened during those times, and it is an ignorance that has been cultivated by those who don’t want the truth to be known. In reality, Joseph McCarthy’s investigations were a model of restraint in comparison to those carried out under the auspices of the House Un-American Activities Committee.

‘McCarthyism’ Reconsidered: The Real Truth About Joseph McCarthy And His Tireless Campaign Against International Communism - Off The Grid News

Revisionist history