GOP Rep. On ‘Plan B’ Failure: ‘It’s The Continuing Dumbing-Down Of The Republican Party’

[Jim Lane]

17. I wouldn't call the Democratic Party of 1972 a "kookier" version

During the 1972 campaign, McGovern made some harsh comment about corruption in the Nixon Administration. I read and agreed with a commentary that chastised McGovern for making accusations that "only 17 Yippies and the New York Review of Books would take seriously." Well, it turned out that the commentator and I were wrong and McGovern was right.

McGovern was the first presidential candidate I ever voted for, and I did so only to vote against Nixon. With the passage of time, though, McGovern looks much less kooky.