Months later, in the midterm elections, Democrats swept into control of the House and Senate. McCarthy had become a liability to his party. In less than a year, McCarthy was censured (reprimanded) by the Senate and his position as a prominent force of anti-communism ended.
Maynard the younger wished to market his candies as being so good that they should be appreciated like a fine wine. Therefore he called them wine gums and labeled them with wine names. Source(s): http://www.hungrybrowser.com/phaedrus/m0...aynard the younger wished to market his candies as being so good that they should be appreciated like a fine wine. Therefore he called them wine gums and labeled them with wine names. Source(s): http://www.hungrybrowser.com/phaedrus/m0...
Supposedly he was âunderage.â A close relative to gumdrops, jelly babies, jujubes, jujyfruits, and pastilles, a wine gum (or winegum) is a delightful, totally non-alcoholic treat that has been a classic British confection for over a century.