Joseph McCarthy

“HAVE YOU NO SENSE OF DECENCY?”

                Going into 1954, Sen. Joseph McCarthy was at the height of his power, but his attempts to ferret out communists in the government had born little fruit.    As head of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, McCarthy was able to call up numerous suspected communists to testify.  Proof was Read more

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McCARTHYISM BEGINS

            On Feb. 9, 1950, Joseph McCarthy gave a speech that launched America into a dark period known as “McCarthyism”.  The Senator from Wisconsin was looking to make a splash that would revive his moribund political career.  He had recently been voted “worst senator” by the Senate press corps.  He Read more

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