 " ... addressed the Senate on ' the colossal innocence of the junior Senator from Wisconsin . ' Comparing McCarthy to ' Dennis the Menace ' of cartoon fame , the <unk> delivered a scathing address in which he lambasted the Wisconsin man for dividing the nation . ' In every country in which communism has taken over , ' he reminded the Senate , ' the beginning has been a successful campaign of division and confusion . ' He marveled at the way the Soviet Union was winning military successes in Asia without risking its own resources or men , and said this nation was witnessing ' another example of economy of effort ... in the conquest of this country for communism . ' He added , ' One of the characteristic elements of communist and fascist tyranny is at hand as citizens are set to spy upon each other . ' ' Were the junior Senator from Wisconsin in the pay of the communists , he could not have done a better job for them . ' ' This is a colossal innocence , indeed . ' " 
