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Warpy

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3. Wikipedia has a good article on him

Reply to Blindingly apparent (Original post)

Tue Aug 15, 2017, 04:12 PM

Aug 2017

He was a broken man after the censure, still shrieking about Communism but being ignored by his colleagues, the press, and the public. He then proceeded to drink himself to death, periodically switching from whiskey to beer when he wanted to pretend he was trying to get sober. His COD was listed as acute hepatitis.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_McCarthy

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Joseph McCarthy [View all] Blindingly apparent Aug 2017 OP

Nope........ he died fairly young and a drunk Angry Dragon Aug 2017 #1

Here's his wikipedia page shraby Aug 2017 #2

Wikipedia has a good article on him Warpy Aug 2017 #3

Thank you all Blindingly apparent Aug 2017 #5

Message auto-removed Name removed Aug 2017 #8

Roy Cohn was McCarthy's right hand man and a friend of 45. BigmanPigman Aug 2017 #4

I have been dying to ask you Blindingly apparent Aug 2017 #6

No, it is Janet Leigh in the shower scene from the film Psycho. BigmanPigman Aug 2017 #7