R.I.P. George McGovern

[octoberlib]

......SNIP...Former U.S. Senator and presidential candidate George McGovern has died, the AP reports.

He was 90.

The 1972 Democratic Party's nominee for president, he lost to Richard Nixon with only 17 electoral votes.

A longtime progressive, McGovern called for tax reform and a national health insurance. He was also a staunch opponent of the Vietnam War and ran his 1972 presidential campaign on ending it.

McGovern passed away on Sunday after entering hospice care last week. His family announced that he was coming to the end of his life after a series of medical problems.....SNIP.... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/21/george-mcgovern-dead-dies_n_1996323.html

[DFW]

1. The Nixon people were SO smug and jubilant after the 1972 election

There were bumper stickers around Boston saying "don't blame me, I'm from Massachusetts"

Less than 2 years later, Nixon had resigned in disgrace and was sighing with relief that he wasn't headed for jail like some of his cabinet and White House staff. Republicans were suddenly saying "Richard Who?"

[octoberlib]

2. Interesting info!

Great idea for a bumper sticker if we ever have another Repub president. It would apply to all of them .

[Sunlei]

3. R.I.P. George McGovern

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[desertduck]

4. RIP & godspeed, senator McGovern. Nt

[ellisonz]

5. R.I.P. Senator McGovern

If the current polls are reliable... Nixon will be re-elected by a huge majority of Americans who feel he is not only more honest and more trustworthy than George McGovern, but also more likely to end the war in Vietnam. The polls also indicate that Nixon will get a comfortable majority of the Youth Vote. And that he might carry all fifty states... This may be the year when we finally come face to face with ourselves; finally just lay back and say it — that we are really just a nation of 220 million used car salesmen with all the money we need to buy guns, and no qualms at all about killing anybody else in the world who tries to make us uncomfortable. The tragedy of all this is that George McGovern, for all his mistakes... understands what a fantastic monument to all the best instincts of the human race this country might have been, if we could have kept it out of the hands of greedy little hustlers like Richard Nixon. McGovern made some stupid mistakes, but in context they seem almost frivolous compared to the things Richard Nixon does every day of his life, on purpose... Jesus! Where will it end? How low do you have to stoop in this country to be President?

"September,", p. 413, Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72

- Hunter S Thompson

[octoberlib]

7. Wow. Replace Nixon and Mcgovern

with Romney and Obama (except the part about being re-elected and stupid mistakes) and this article is still relevant.

[TuxedoKat]

6. RIP Senator McGovern

and thank you for your service to our country.

[ProudProgressiveNow]

8. He was one of the really good ones.

Voted for him when I came of age, my first time voting.

[Evergreen Emerald]

9. Best to his family

A great loss.