Sun Oct 21, 2012, 07:48 AM

George McGovern, an unabashed liberal voice, is dead

Source: CNN

(CNN) -- George Stanley McGovern, a staunch liberal who served South Dakota in the U.S. Senate and House for more than two decades and who ran unsuccessfully as the Democratic Party nominee for president in 1972, died Sunday at the age of 90, his family said.

"Our wonderful father, George McGovern, passed away peacefully at the Dougherty Hospice House in Sioux Falls, SD, surrounded by our family and life-long friends," his family said in a statement.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/21/us/george-mcgovern-dead/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

R.I.P. sir. Yours was the first election that I followed in school when I was a kid in 6th grade...

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George McGovern, an unabashed liberal voice, is dead (Original post)	BumRushDaShow	Oct 2012	OP
RIP, Mr. President (in my ideal world)	TahitiNut	Oct 2012	#1
Mine too	lalalu	Oct 2012	#89
Can you imagine the country we would be today if that were so?	Horse with no Name	Oct 2012	#99
Exactly. He was one of our bright shining moments.	jwirr	Oct 2012	#139
I think the world would have been a much saner place had he won.	kenfrequed	Oct 2012	#144
RIP Senator!	LeftofObama	Oct 2012	#2
"Fair winds and fallowing seas" .	Historic NY	Oct 2012	#3
re:George McGovern, an unabashed liberal voice, is dead	allan01	Oct 2012	#4
R I P George McGovern	Icunme	Oct 2012	#5
One of the fathers of the modern progressive movement, Senator George McGovern.	Astazia	Oct 2012	#6
I disagree.	LWolf	Oct 2012	#100
Yep. n/t	loudsue	Oct 2012	#103
Well put.	Ken Burch	Oct 2012	#122
I think you may have missed the point.	rjlobo422	Oct 2012	#136
No, I think you missed mine.	LWolf	Oct 2012	#138
I am profoundly saddened...	Cooley Hurd	Oct 2012	#7
I cast my first Presidential vote for him	DeeDeeNY	Oct 2012	#8
Me too! I turned 21 the end of November, 1968 (the voting age back then)	mountain grammy	Oct 2012	#53
Me 3!! I was proud to cast my 1st vote for him.	DiehardLiberal	Oct 2012	#131
I think the election was affected by Eagleton having to be replaced as VP candidate.	DeeDeeNY	Oct 2012	#137
I have always owned up to the fact...	AnneD	Oct 2012	#142
The good don't always die young.	Whovian	Oct 2012	#9
But, His Speech, 'Come Home America ' lives on..	cyclezealot	Oct 2012	#12
Yes, his defeat WAS a disaster for America. I'm sure it broke his heart to see the shit	Nay	Oct 2012	#70
Many are disappointed in the way the Boomers	cyclezealot	Oct 2012	#88
Truer words...	Whovian	Oct 2012	#112
That's certainly true. We're lucky he came our way for as long as we had him.	calimary	Oct 2012	#111
Belated admission: McGovern was right and I was wrong.	Jim Lane	Oct 2012	#10
A great man, a true American hero, and a teller of the truth	Glorfindel	Oct 2012	#11
As much as McGovern is viewed as anti War	cyclezealot	Oct 2012	#14
Bobby Kennedy called him "the most decent man in the Senate."	alterfurz	Oct 2012	#13
That's quite an endorsement. Bobby Kennedy was a good guy himself.	Tigress DEM	Oct 2012	#93
Godspeed Good Soldier.	Norbert	Oct 2012	#15
A true war hero and a steadfast footsoldier for good	PurityOfEssence	Oct 2012	#26
He was one of the good ones...	Bluenorthwest	Oct 2012	#16
He was the first person I voted for President	hobbit709	Oct 2012	#17
RIP George McGovern	HeeBGBz	Oct 2012	#18
RIP.	Jim__	Oct 2012	#19
RIP to a great man	The Wizard	Oct 2012	#20
Nice going, CNN. Unabashed? Is that noteworthy because "liberals" should be "abashed?"	PSPS	Oct 2012	#21
Rest in Peace, Sir.	gademocrat7	Oct 2012	#22
I am proud that the first vote I ever cast	tomg	Oct 2012	#23
Another Hero is gone	Siwsan	Oct 2012	#24
My warmest condolences to his family.	BlueMTexpat	Oct 2012	#25
He was my my first vote for President	HockeyMom	Oct 2012	#27
The first presidential campaign I worked on was George McGovern's	strongermessage	Oct 2012	#28
I had a McGovern sticker on my notebook in the 5th or 6th grade.	onehandle	Oct 2012	#29
RIP Senator McGovern. n/t	JackN415	Oct 2012	#30
I was too young	secondvariety	Oct 2012	#31
RIP George McGovern	life long demo	Oct 2012	#32
Farewell to a great American	Va Lefty	Oct 2012	#33
he fought the good fight	California Expat	Oct 2012	#34
Rest in Peace to a great American	dbackjon	Oct 2012	#35
My first vote for President was for that shining knight. Alas for America, Nixon	FailureToCommunicate	Oct 2012	#36
Thank you Senator, for showing us good men do want peace.	rurallib	Oct 2012	#37
RIP	onenote	Oct 2012	#38
My first presidential vote, and my best.	Faygo Kid	Oct 2012	#39
.....	jdadd	Oct 2012	#40
RIP, Senator McGovern.	City Lights	Oct 2012	#41
Peaceful Journey and Thank You	Donkees	Oct 2012	#42
rip	otherone	Oct 2012	#43
I voted for him in 1972	chuckstevens	Oct 2012	#44
RIP Senator McGovern. My first vote ever for was you.	Zen Democrat	Oct 2012	#45
RIP Senator McGovern	glacierbay	Oct 2012	#46
He was a 'great white hope'...	CanSocDem	Oct 2012	#47
On another thread for the Senator I remarked how when I saw him speak about two years	midnight	Oct 2012	#48
RIP George .. we'll miss you n/t	cosmicone	Oct 2012	#49
RIP McGovern - you were before my time...	Panasonic	Oct 2012	#50
God Speed	66 dmhlt	Oct 2012	#51
I cried when he lost and I cried this morning. N/t	Ninga	Oct 2012	#52
RIP, Senator.You were for better than anything we have now.	Vidar	Oct 2012	#54
Goodbye Senator n/t	Bossy Monkey	Oct 2012	#55
Fellow Democrats: Let's win 2012 for the McGovern!!	DinahMoeHum	Oct 2012	#56
A fine and good man. A rare, honest public servant. The best President we never had. RIP	leveymg	Oct 2012	#57
Rest in Peace Senator, you will not be forgotten. nt	bemildred	Oct 2012	#58
RIP, Senator!	Odin2005	Oct 2012	#59
RI-Peace! You dear man.....	Harriety	Oct 2012	#60
I voted for him in 1st grade - he won in our school.	cyberswede	Oct 2012	#61
Probably the Presidential candidate I was most proud to	LibDemAlways	Oct 2012	#62
I totally agree!	burrowowl	Oct 2012	#132
Rest in Peace!	gopiscrap	Oct 2012	#63
I was a bit too young to vote for him, but he was inspirational. RIP, Sen. McGovern	wordpix	Oct 2012	#64
Kicked and reccommended in memory of a good man.	hunter	Oct 2012	#65
A great and brave man....	dhill926	Oct 2012	#66
Peace Be With You George	pismoclam	Oct 2012	#67
And thank YOU for your service too, pismoclam. Welcome to DU.	Melinda	Oct 2012	#73
ty	blaze	Oct 2012	#110
Beautifully expressed. Welcome to DU.	FailureToCommunicate	Oct 2012	#129
When I was 18, You earned my very first vote Sen. McGovern. I will never forget you.	Melinda	Oct 2012	#68
RIP Senator McGovern. Bless your soul.	wundermaus	Oct 2012	#118
The sadness never goes away, does it.	Melinda	Oct 2012	#119
Peace to his family. Our country and the world are better	The Second Stone	Oct 2012	#69
RIP, sir.	senseandsensibility	Oct 2012	#71
RIP Sir. You were the reason i became obsessed with the just side of politics. nt	progressivebydesign	Oct 2012	#72
Safe journies, Senator.	Aristus	Oct 2012	#74
George McGovern was a great American.	hifiguy	Oct 2012	#75
RIP Mr. President	Tippy	Oct 2012	#76
To quote the Senator	NoPasaran	Oct 2012	#77
Another Tribal Fire Tender Has Departed	triplepoint	Oct 2012	#78
I'm sorry to see him go	struggle4progress	Oct 2012	#79
George McGovern -- WWII War Hero and Anti-War Presidential Candidate	eringer	Oct 2012	#80
His passing was noted with great sorrow in church this morning.	Jackpine Radical	Oct 2012	#81
A few eloquent words from the closing of his 1972 acceptanced speech at the Democratic National Conv	Douglas Carpenter	Oct 2012	#82
"May flights of angels sing thee to thy rest."	ChazInAz	Oct 2012	#83
...RIP	donal dubh	Oct 2012	#84
A really great loss; a TRUE liberal.	LoisB	Oct 2012	#85
RIP	fishwax	Oct 2012	#86
George McGovern was a totally awesome Democrat and human being.	Zorra	Oct 2012	#87
Playing fast and loose with history	bucolic_frolic	Oct 2012	#90
? ~ I'm totally aware that Senator McGovern was against the corporate agenda.	Zorra	Oct 2012	#105
RIP	Darth_Kitten	Oct 2012	#91
McGovern was a kind and wonderful human being. I am glad he had such a longer and happy life.	OregonBlue	Oct 2012	#92
The first election I paid attention to. George McGovern meant something to me. He touched my soul.	Gregorian	Oct 2012	#94
I remember there was a special "Weekly Reader"	BumRushDaShow	Oct 2012	#97
"Above all, being a Democrat means having compassion for others. ... It means standing up for people	Douglas Carpenter	Oct 2012	#95
Nice pics.	progressoid	Oct 2012	#127
RIP Mr. McGovern....	Swede Atlanta	Oct 2012	#96
In '68 after Robert Kennedy was shot I didn't vote. George McGovern helped me hope again.	patrice	Oct 2012	#98
I was much too young to vote for him, but have a strong admiration for his kind.	adirondacker	Oct 2012	#101
Extending my sympathy to	mzmolly	Oct 2012	#102
Going off to join Andy and Kephra and all the DUers who have already	loudsue	Oct 2012	#104
RIP to a good, good man. I wish he'd won.	nolabear	Oct 2012	#106
I thank his family	xxqqqzme	Oct 2012	#107
Oh, no!	luv_mykatz	Oct 2012	#108
Godspeed Senator. Your race against Nixon when I was the 1st grade	AllyCat	Oct 2012	#109
I worked for him, and made out with an anchorwoman.	Faygo Kid	Oct 2012	#113
RIP George	jimlup	Oct 2012	#114
McGovern / Shriver '72	reACTIONary	Oct 2012	#115
there's something so sad about the timing	Skittles	Oct 2012	#116
“I'm fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in.”- George McGovern RIP	hue	Oct 2012	#117
One of the best quotes ever.	montana_hazeleyes	Oct 2012	#123
Same here, but 8th grade.	Brewinblue	Oct 2012	#120
In the sixth grade at my school(Brush College, West Salem, Oregon)	Ken Burch	Oct 2012	#121
RIP Sen. McGovern & respect & condolences to his family. K & R for a good man.	mother earth	Oct 2012	#124
I shook his hand at a rally at the Alamo.	Manifestor_of_Light	Oct 2012	#125
RIP to a man with a beautiful message n/t	LeftTurnOnly	Oct 2012	#126
I have always been proud to have voted for him.	NNadir	Oct 2012	#128
Before my time, leading my mind.	Savannahmann	Oct 2012	#130
RIP Sir.	glinda	Oct 2012	#133
I was 12 years old	robbob	Oct 2012	#134
RIP and condolences.	Norrin Radd	Oct 2012	#135
First presidential candidate I voted for in school	Rambis	Oct 2012	#140
r.i.p.	Blue_Tires	Oct 2012	#141
RIP	bobthedrummer	Oct 2012	#143

Response to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Sun Oct 21, 2012, 07:52 AM

TahitiNut (71,568 posts)

1. RIP, Mr. President (in my ideal world)

My condolences to his family and loved ones.

George McGovern, an unabashed liberal voice, is dead

1. RIP, Mr. President (in my ideal world)

89. Mine too

99. Can you imagine the country we would be today if that were so?

139. Exactly. He was one of our bright shining moments.

144. I think the world would have been a much saner place had he won.

2. RIP Senator!

3. "Fair winds and fallowing seas" .

4. re:George McGovern, an unabashed liberal voice, is dead

5. R I P George McGovern

6. One of the fathers of the modern progressive movement, Senator George McGovern.

100. I disagree.

103. Yep. n/t

122. Well put.

136. I think you may have missed the point.

138. No, I think you missed mine.

7. I am profoundly saddened...

8. I cast my first Presidential vote for him

53. Me too! I turned 21 the end of November, 1968 (the voting age back then)

131. Me 3!! I was proud to cast my 1st vote for him.

137. I think the election was affected by Eagleton having to be replaced as VP candidate.

142. I have always owned up to the fact...

9. The good don't always die young.

12. But, His Speech, 'Come Home America ' lives on..

70. Yes, his defeat WAS a disaster for America. I'm sure it broke his heart to see the shit

88. Many are disappointed in the way the Boomers

112. Truer words...

111. That's certainly true. We're lucky he came our way for as long as we had him.

10. Belated admission: McGovern was right and I was wrong.

11. A great man, a true American hero, and a teller of the truth

14. As much as McGovern is viewed as anti War

13. Bobby Kennedy called him "the most decent man in the Senate."

93. That's quite an endorsement. Bobby Kennedy was a good guy himself.

15. Godspeed Good Soldier.

26. A true war hero and a steadfast footsoldier for good

16. He was one of the good ones...

17. He was the first person I voted for President

18. RIP George McGovern

19. RIP.

20. RIP to a great man

21. Nice going, CNN. Unabashed? Is that noteworthy because "liberals" should be "abashed?"

22. Rest in Peace, Sir.

23. I am proud that the first vote I ever cast

24. Another Hero is gone

25. My warmest condolences to his family.

27. He was my my first vote for President

28. The first presidential campaign I worked on was George McGovern's

29. I had a McGovern sticker on my notebook in the 5th or 6th grade.

30. RIP Senator McGovern. n/t

31. I was too young

32. RIP George McGovern

33. Farewell to a great American

34. he fought the good fight

35. Rest in Peace to a great American

36. My first vote for President was for that shining knight. Alas for America, Nixon

37. Thank you Senator, for showing us good men do want peace.

38. RIP

39. My first presidential vote, and my best.

40. .....

41. RIP, Senator McGovern.

42. Peaceful Journey and Thank You

43. rip

44. I voted for him in 1972

45. RIP Senator McGovern. My first vote ever for was you.

46. RIP Senator McGovern

47. He was a 'great white hope'...

48. On another thread for the Senator I remarked how when I saw him speak about two years

49. RIP George .. we'll miss you n/t

50. RIP McGovern - you were before my time...

51. God Speed

52. I cried when he lost and I cried this morning. N/t

54. RIP, Senator.You were for better than anything we have now.

55. Goodbye Senator n/t

56. Fellow Democrats: Let's win 2012 for the McGovern!!

57. A fine and good man. A rare, honest public servant. The best President we never had. RIP

58. Rest in Peace Senator, you will not be forgotten. nt

59. RIP, Senator!

60. RI-Peace! You dear man.....

61. I voted for him in 1st grade - he won in our school.

62. Probably the Presidential candidate I was most proud to