The Red Scare | Tail Gunner Joe | 1
American Scandal
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4.5 • 19.6K Ratings
🗓️ 16 March 2021
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Joseph McCarthy dreams of a bigger life. He wants something beyond the farms of Wisconsin, something more important than cornfields and local disputes. He wants political power in Washington, D.C. And he has a plan to get it.
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| 0:19.0 | It's the evening of February 9, 1950 in Wheeling, West Virginia. |
| 0:23.0 | A large sedan rumbles through the streets of the small city, |
| 0:27.0 | a car rounds a corner and comes to a stop in front of a brick building, the McClure Hotel. |
| 0:32.0 | McCardore opens on a man's steps out. |
| 0:35.0 | He's wearing a baggy business suit and there are shadows under his eyes. |
| 0:39.0 | He grimaces as he surveys the surroundings. |
| 0:42.0 | U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy is here tonight in the foothills of Appalachia to attend a fundraiser. |
| 0:48.0 | McCarty is a member of the Republican Party. |
| 0:51.0 | In every year in early February to celebrate the birthday of Abraham Lincoln, the most famous Republican of them all, |
| 0:58.0 | many Republicans host fundraisers around the country. |
| 1:01.0 | In just a few minutes, McCarthy is supposed to give a speech. |
| 1:04.0 | But as he looks around this backwater town, he's seriously considering pulling out. |
| 1:12.0 | McCardore slams and one of McCarthy's aides joins him. |
| 1:16.0 | Oh, not bad, huh? McClure Hotel, one of the more famous attractions in Wheeling. |
| 1:20.0 | If you're curious, it used to be the capital of the... |
| 1:23.0 | I don't need the history lesson. Look at this. |
| 1:26.0 | What the hell are we doing here? |
| 1:28.0 | We should be in Madison on the steps of the state capital. |
| 1:31.0 | Sir, I know that you would prefer to be in Wisconsin. |
| 1:34.0 | Yeah, because I'm a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin. |
| 1:37.0 | Sir, you're the junior senator from Wisconsin. |
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