You may see a McCarthyite in either party.Often he makes false charges against the other side simply to hide the fact that he has such a weak record of his own to sell the voters.

• 这位教授说：“你们可能在这个党，或者那个党里看到一个麦卡锡份子．一般来说，他自己以往的表现不良，因此难以争取选民．为了掩盖这一事实，他往往会假造罪名来指责竞争的对手。”