“I have here in my hand a list of 205 that were made known to the Secretary of State as being members of the Communist Party and who nevertheless are still working and shaping policy in the State Department.” — Senator Joseph McCarthy, 1950
…and the new, unimproved, 21st-century version of fear-mongering, Allen West style:
…and two parting thoughts on the matter:
“The junior senator from Wisconsin, by his reckless charges, has so preyed upon the fears and hatreds and prejudices of the American people that he has started a prairie fire which neither he nor anyone else may be able to control.” – Senator William Fulbright, 1969
