I didn't agree with what Joe McCarthy was trying to do, but I sure did admire his methods.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
In doing the screenplay for 'Good Night, and Good Luck,' the most important thing for me was to constantly go back to wherever the opposition would argue. So I had to keep reading all the books and articles about why McCarthy is such a good guy.
I admired Eugene McCarthy's courage and although I left his Senate staff after four years to accept a job as the researcher on the editorial page of the 'Washington Post,' I remained an admirer.
Kevin McCarthy is a good man.
Joe McCarthy and his Senate hearings were like witch-hunts.
McCarthyism is Americanism with its sleeves rolled.
The author of McCarthyism was given the distinction of addressing the Republican National Convention. This strikes terror in the hearts of honest men.
One of the things I'm most proud of about my country is the fact that we did lick McCarthyism back in the fifties.
As is well known, 'McCarthyism' was an alleged focus of political evil in the 1950s: Accusations of Communist taint, without factual basis; bogus lists of supposed Communists who never existed; failure in the end to produce even one provable Communist or Soviet agent, despite his myriad charges of subversion.
Young Joel Benenson supported - well, I - you know, look, I supported Bobby Kennedy, not Eugene McCarthy in '68. I mean, that's where I landed.
I'm a huge Cormac McCarthy fan and have read every book of his.