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McCarthy is remembered today with the terms McCarthyism, McCarthyist, and McCarthyite. McCarthyism refers to Sen. McCarthy's campaign to investigate problems associated with Communists working in sensitive US government jobs. His campaign infuriated the American Left, and they often use the term to mean aggressive questioning of someone's background or personal beliefs, or making accusations of disloyalty. It is a derogatory term. It is often used to refer to HUAC or the Hollywood Blacklist, even though those weren't really part of McCarthy's campaign. <ref>[http://www.newmediajournal.us/staff/bates/05252007.htm Joe McCarthy: Gone But Certainly Not Forgotten], Michael M. Bates, ''New Media Journal'', May 25, 2007. </ref>
McCarthy is remembered today with the terms McCarthyism, McCarthyist, and McCarthyite. McCarthyism refers to Sen. McCarthy's campaign to investigate problems associated with Communists working in sensitive US government jobs. His campaign infuriated the American Left, and they often use the term to mean aggressive questioning of someone's background or personal beliefs, or making accusations of disloyalty. It is a derogatory term. It is often used to refer to HUAC or the Hollywood Blacklist, even though those weren't really part of McCarthy's campaign. <ref>[http://www.newmediajournal.us/staff/bates/05252007.htm Joe McCarthy: Gone But Certainly Not Forgotten], Michael M. Bates, ''New Media Journal'', May 25, 2007. </ref>
== Support from Ann Coulter ==
== Ann Coulter on McCarthy==
Ann Coulter said of McCarthy,
Ann Coulter said of McCarthy,
:""A half century later, when the only people who call themselves Communists are harmless cranks, it is difficult to grasp the importance of McCarthy's crusade. But there's a reason 'Communist' now sounds about as threatening as 'monarchist' -- and it's not because of intrepid ''New York Times'' editorials denouncing McCarthy and praising Harvard educated Soviet spies. McCarthy made it a disgrace to be a Communist. Domestic Communism could never recover." -- ''Treason'', Ann Coulter, P. 33. [http://www.rightwingnews.com/quotes/coultertreason.php]
:""A half century later, when the only people who call themselves Communists are harmless cranks, it is difficult to grasp the importance of McCarthy's crusade. But there's a reason 'Communist' now sounds about as threatening as 'monarchist' -- and it's not because of intrepid ''New York Times'' editorials denouncing McCarthy and praising Harvard educated Soviet spies. McCarthy made it a disgrace to be a Communist. Domestic Communism could never recover." -- ''Treason'', Ann Coulter, P. 33. [http://www.rightwingnews.com/quotes/coultertreason.php]