Rachel Maddow screwed up tonight.

[Archae]

Not a serious mistake, but one nonetheless.

She had Joe McCarthy going after Hollywood, looking for Commies.
It was the House Un-American Activities Committee, not McCarthy, who went after Hollywood commies.

McCarthy went after commies he saw in our government.

[tabatha]

1. It was Huckabee's HIStory

that had Reagan fighting communism in Hollywood, because he was a friendly witness for Joe McCarthy.

[pnwmom]

2. The term McCarthyism encompasses both.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCarthyism

The most famous examples of McCarthyism include the speeches, investigations, and hearings of Senator McCarthy himself; the Hollywood blacklist, associated with hearings conducted by the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC); and the various anti-communist activities of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) under Director J. Edgar Hoover. McCarthyism was a widespread social and cultural phenomenon that affected all levels of society and was the source of a great deal of debate and conflict in the United States.

[Archae]

3. HUAC was first.

HUAC went after the "Hollywood commies" in the late 40's, McCarthy knew a good thing when he saw it, so he concocted his infamous "list."

Reagan just about *WAS* a commie himself, until he got jobs from right-wing businesspeople.

[pnwmom]

5. Of course he was! All those union organizers are!

;)

[JDPriestly]

4. I loved Rachel's show tonight and want to thank the DUer who told me it was great.

It was.