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What Would Joe And Eugene McCarthy Drive?

It is not uncommon for people to mistake former Senator Joe McCarthy for former Senator Eugene McCarthy, despite the fact that they represented approximately opposite points of view. Eugene McCarthy was the super liberal Democrat from Minnesota who was succeeded by the equally liberal Hubert Humphrey. He ran against sitting president Lyndon Johnson in 1968 purely on an anti-war platform, something you're not supposed to do, but lived to carry on the liberal charge until his 89th year of life. Joe McCarthy represented neighboring Wisconsin and was, relatively speaking, a touch more conservative. Though moderate on some issues, McCarthy lead the fight against the great Communist conspiracy that quickly spread from possible subversives to pretty much anyone he could find. He took on Eisenhower, a member of his own party, and died not too long after of alcoholism. More »

11:40 AM on Thu May 1 2008
By Matt Hardigree
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Latest by n/a: Eugene was a liberal from a state with long history of left wing politics. I mean, they even had a strong left wing third party- the "Farmer-Labor Party!" Thus there is NO WAY he would have driven a more »