It would seem now that the only people who ever supported Joe McCarthy were John Birchers and other rightwing loons far out of touch with sanity. Somehow Tailgunner Joe not only got elected himself but struck terror in the heart of liberals. A recent book described the ability of Joe McCarthy to destroy Democratic politicians who opposed him. Oddly it was a Republican, Eisenhower, who really did Joe in.
I was young and foolish once, instead of old and foolish as I am now. I believed. I believed in Joe McCarthy, the virgin birth, heaven and hell, everlasting fire and torment for sinners. And then I volunteered for Vietnam.