Right on, Jerrybear... and now in 2004 its back again with Bush 2. What are you, some kind of terrorist lover?
Anyone interested in the Communist 'reds under the bed' fever of the 50s and 60s should read James Elroy's novel American Tabloid.
As for the song, the quote in the middle is from a trial in 1954 in which McCarthy had been tearing down a (plainly innocent) young man's reputation and painting him as an evil Communist. This was actually not even the issue in the trial, it was in fact an army draft case, but McCarthy decided to make allegations against a junior lawyer at the firm handling the opposing side of the case.
Joseph Welch was the attorney for the army in the case, and the quote is his. First he said: "Until this moment, Senator, I think I never really gauged your cruelty or your recklessness," as McCarthy began to slander the young man. When McCarthy continued, Welch said "Let us not assassinate this lad further, Senator; you've done enough." McCarthy continued, so Welch interjected: "Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?"
This trial was televised, and this event was the beginning of the end for McCarthy and his anti-Communist witch hunt.
Right on, Jerrybear... and now in 2004 its back again with Bush 2. What are you, some kind of terrorist lover?
Anyone interested in the Communist 'reds under the bed' fever of the 50s and 60s should read James Elroy's novel American Tabloid.
As for the song, the quote in the middle is from a trial in 1954 in which McCarthy had been tearing down a (plainly innocent) young man's reputation and painting him as an evil Communist. This was actually not even the issue in the trial, it was in fact an army draft case, but McCarthy decided to make allegations against a junior lawyer at the firm handling the opposing side of the case.
Joseph Welch was the attorney for the army in the case, and the quote is his. First he said: "Until this moment, Senator, I think I never really gauged your cruelty or your recklessness," as McCarthy began to slander the young man. When McCarthy continued, Welch said "Let us not assassinate this lad further, Senator; you've done enough." McCarthy continued, so Welch interjected: "Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?"
This trial was televised, and this event was the beginning of the end for McCarthy and his anti-Communist witch hunt.
@caitsith01 I was just listening to this song and thinking, "Things only get worse." Soooooooo depressing!
@caitsith01 I was just listening to this song and thinking, "Things only get worse." Soooooooo depressing!