Which is a more apt term for the conservative/repug mentality: McCarthyite, or Lynch Mob?

A week ago I would have said McCarthyite, but after the bloodthirsty, out of control behavior I witnessed from the counter demonstrators in D.C. this week, I don't know. I guess a lot of them would consider the McCarthyite label a compliment. Not so sure about the lynch mob thing, although I ume many or most of them would like to return to those days. Witness the approval of Anne Coulters calls for the execution of liberals, or the approval of the "extra-judicial" activities of Jack Bauer on "24"