well, gee. if Anne Coulter thinks Mccarthy was a hero I guess that settles the matter.

forget the fact that many people had their lives ruined for refusing to "name names." forget that it was a witch hunt motivated by blind ambition and over the top jingoistic fear. forget that history has shown that he was a nutjob who violated people's rights.
paranoid delusional fear, violation of people's rights, and a secretly gay man leading the charge. he was a republican pioneer.

Bow ties are coool.