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NNadir

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3. Thank you for that insight. It's been decades since I read "The Best and Brightest." A fun fact about McCarthy...

Reply to thucythucy (Reply #2)

Sat Oct 26, 2024, 10:12 AM

Oct 26

...is that he was very close friends with the Kennedy's, dated JFK's sister, and was Godfather to one of RFK's children; if I recall correctly, it may have been "brain worm" RFK Jr.

JFK was the only Democratic Senator not to vote to censure McCarthy, not that he voted against censure. He conveniently had himself hospitalized with back pain during the vote.

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On September 1, 1972, David Halberstam's "The Best and the Brightest" was published. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Oct 20 OP

We must remember that 1965 was only 20 years after a set of "best and brightest" were shown to have ended... NNadir Oct 20 #1

One point that Halberstam made in his book, that Will conveniently overlooks, thucythucy Oct 26 #2

Thank you for that insight. It's been decades since I read "The Best and Brightest." A fun fact about McCarthy... NNadir Oct 26 #3