Joseph McCarthy was born on 14 November 1908 in Appleton, Wisconsin, USA. He was married to Jean Kerr Minetti. He died on 2 May 1957 in Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Became known for his practice of making wild and unsupportable accusations of "subversive", "traitor" and "Communist" against his opponents or anyone he perceived as a possible opponent and being unwilling--or unable--to back up the charges. The practice became known, and is still known, as "McCarthyism".
Ladies and gentlemen, this war in which we are now engaged is not, cannot be, a war between America's two great political parties. As I've often said in the past, certainly the millions of loyal Americans have long voted the Democrat ticket- love America just as much, hate communism just as much as the average Republican.
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Known for his vicious verbal attacks on his political opponents.
