She had waited so long

in the space of a few decades

With a wisdom far beyond her years

if you can hit ‘em

and unfair feelings with greater confidence and perspective

Witch Hunt: The Cold War, Joe McCarthy, and the Red Scare Kelly Leigh Miller She had waited so longA cutting edge look into a pivotal moment in US history: McCarthy's infamous "witch hunt" for communists during the 1950's Red Scare. At the cusp of the Cold War, Americans were so afraid of communists living among them that they began to hunt them like witches. As Senator Joe McCarthy took up this mantle to hunt down communists in the US, citizens grew terrified of being accused, so they turned on each other pointing fingers at neighbors, friends,