McCarthy is a Republican senator from Wisconsin. When he was a child, he was a chicken boy on a country farm. /kloc-at the age of 0/9, he went bankrupt because of a large-scale chicken plague. He had to move to Manawa, a small town in Wisconsin, and become a grocery clerk. Meanwhile, he entered the local high school. From then on, he was admitted to law school with excellent results and became a lawyer. At the age of 30, he became the youngest circuit judge in Weizhou. Later, his ambition expanded and he worked hard in his career by hook or by crook. Finally, he was elected to the Senate by a narrow majority of 1946. But in Washington, the center of the political whirlpool, he has always been a little-known person with low media exposure.

In order to attract attention, I did not hesitate to put on a political show that surprised people. 1950 In February, McCarthy delivered a silent and endless speech at the gathering of women's groups of the * * * Party in Ling Wei, West Virginia, saying that Secretary of State dean acheson knew that there were 205 * * party member working in the government, but she tolerated traitors. Later it was called eighty-one, and finally it was reduced to fifty-seven. The Senate immediately organized a commission of inquiry to make a careful investigation and found that McCarthy's allegations were untrue.

A farce should have ended here, but in June this year, the Korean War broke out, and the anti-* * wave of American media was rampant, and the public was shrouded in red terror. McCarthy, of course, lost no time, no matter whether there is a basis or not, and continued to clamor for the dangerous words that * * * productism has penetrated into the US government. The public's eyes suddenly turned to McCarthy this time, and the mood gradually changed from anger to fear. Secretary of State Acheson became the "Red Bishop of the State Council" at this moment, and General Marshall, who formulated the Marshall Plan to revive Europe, was also denounced as a liar. People lost confidence in the government, friends and neighbors began to doubt each other, and American social integrity was eroded. He incited people to expose each other in the literary and art circles and government departments. Many famous people, such as actor Charlie Chaplin and Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb, were persecuted and accused of leaking secrets to the Soviet Union and acting as spies for the Soviet Union. 1On June 9th, 953, scientists Julius and Ethel greengrass Rosenberg were sentenced to death in the electric chair, which triggered the white terror in America.

From 65438 to 0952, McCarthy rose all the way to become the chairman of the government working Committee and the chairman of the standing investigation Committee. He used newspapers and TV propaganda to improve his popularity and attacked his political opponents with vulgar and obscene language. He has a classic McCarthyism logic: anyone who disagrees with him is a * * * production party, plotting to subvert American democracy. Politicians, the media and the public remain silent for fear of being accused. Both Harry Truman and Eisenhower held a negative attitude towards McCarthy. Eisenhower, a veteran who once dominated the battlefield of World War II, was trapped in a situation where he only dared to complain privately. However, in 1954, a reporter with courage and conscience stood up-Edward Mero strategically seized a "Qing * * *" incident in the army and gave McCarthy a powerful blow.

Radulovic, a young reserve officer of the United States Air Force, was suspected of being pro-* * just because his Serbian father and sister had read Yugoslav newspapers. The military actually fired him. Murrow seized this incident and exposed the paranoia and madness of McCarthyism. He pointedly pointed out: "We should distinguish between political differences and disloyalty." McCarthyism's usual trick is to use people's fear of the red threat to destroy political enemies from within and realize their political ambitions. McCarthy immediately fought back, as usual, accusing Murrow of taking money from the Soviets and working for the * * * production party. The boss of CBS got a little flustered, and the sponsors of the company put pressure on Murrow. Everyone is afraid that they will annoy the tyrant and lose their jobs. Murrow chose the call of conscience and continued to confront McCarthy. McCarthy not only threatens the news media, but also has a notorious blacklist of Hollywood filmmakers. Many directors, actors and screenwriters have been arrested, detained and tried. 10 people once invoked the constitutional right to remain silent, and were accused of contempt of Congress and sentenced to 6 months to 1 year in prison. In fact, many of them not only have nothing to do with the * * * production party, but also don't even know their political inclination, just because their works are not in harmony with the mainstream American political culture.

McCarthy made a fatal mistake at the height of his arrogance. He contacted the army and investigated the safety of senior officers. Obviously, he underestimated the strength of the army and thought that he could do whatever he wanted in civilian society and government, but unexpectedly, he was no match for the army at all. The military seized a small incident, dealt a fatal blow to McCarthy and ruined his reputation. A year ago (1953), David Shane, McCarthy's right-hand man, was drafted into the army, and McCarthy had asked the army to take care of Shane. The military exposed the scandal under the control of President Eisenhower. Although Mai was still arrogant and cursed the military for slandering him because of the hostage incident, he never retracted his confession at the "Military-McCarthy" hearing from April to June of 1954.

The whole process of the hearing was broadcast on national television, and the eloquence of military lawyer Joseph Welch pushed the hearing to a climax. He urged McCarthy, who was ashamed, "Don't you know what shame is? Are you ashamed, sir? " McCarthy didn't dare to look up at each other and muttered something with his head down. Although the hearing ended without results, McCarthy was completely discredited in front of the American people. Public opinion in the United States and abroad began to accuse him of being an agitator. McCarthy was dismissed as the chairman of the non-American investigation Committee after the mid-term election in June 5438+0 1, and the party lost its majority in the Senate. On February 2, 65438, the Senate passed a resolution with 67 votes to 22 votes, formally condemning McCarthy for "violating the tradition of the Senate." Thus ending mccarthy era. Three years later, the notorious senator drowned his sorrows in alcohol, resulting in severe liver disease. He died at the Naval Hospital in Washington, D.C., at the age of 48.