American Rhetoric

American Rhetoric

I was 13 when I heard this. My mother would watch the hearings every day and I would join her at times. I remember applauding after Mr. Welch spoke...someone finally had the courage to tell this demagogue that he was wrong. And that was all it took, one person to expose McCarthy for what he was and it was as if a cloud had lifted from over America. Reminds me of the story of the Emperors New Clothes...