[Goldwater-Reagan Republican]

In 1980 he endorsed Republican Ronald Reagan with the argument that anyone was better than incumbent Jimmy Carter, a Democrat.

At least, was right on this... may he rest in Peace.

[RTINSC]

To his credit, he forced LBJ out of office.

[Goldwater-Reagan Republican]

[Seven Minute Maniac]

The media will only talk about Richard Pryor

[LdSentinal]

After the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, McCarthy said the United States was partly to blame for ignoring the plight of Palestinians.

"You let a thing like that fester for 45 years, you have to expect something like this to happen," he said in an interview at the time. "No one at the White House has shown any concern for the Palestinians."

What a scumbag. It looks like Mohammed Atta has found a new roommate.

[LZ_Bayonet]

"... he opposed the Vietnam War because "as it went on, you could tell the people running it didn't know what was going on.""

If he would have specifically said "Johnson and McNamera didn't know what was going on" I could agree with him.

[Poundstone]

McCarthy would have been a terrible President. He was extremely egotistical and his policy prescriptions were often bizarre.

That being said, I have a lot of nostalgia for McCarthy's 1968 campaign. He bumped off singlehandedly an incumbent President from his own party; that takes guts and energy no matter how you view him.

I guess I'm glad America produces politicians like McCarthy -- real individualists who often make a difference, no matter that they'd be terrible Presidents if they ever got elected.

[Dr. Scarpetta]

Instead of giving people a chance to earn a living, McCarthy said, the Great Society "became affirmative action and more welfare. It was an admission the New Deal had failed or fallen."

That was an amazing comment.