Joseph McCarthy and Communism

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_swO7Z2Vso
I think that this video accurately describes the extremist views of Joseph McCarthy.  He was so bent of finding traces of Communism in anything he could get his hands on.  He even attacked the Democratic Party and accused them of working with the Communists.  He would go door to door and ask if people had any ties or knew of anyone who had any ties to the Communist Party.  This would cause people to get scared and turn in someone that they did not like.  If a name was mentioned, there was almost nothing that person could do except for accept the consequences, such as loosing their job.  Joseph McCarthy even attacked the U.S. Army about Communist cover ups.  The actions of Joseph McCarthy struck terror into the hearts of many, fortunately the actions of other leaders in America at the time helped resolve the unnecessary terror that had spread throughout America.