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Drunken Irishman

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3. That and the whole campaign was a mess...

Reply to MarianJack (Reply #1)

Wed Dec 5, 2012, 05:38 PM

Dec 2012

Sadly, it was just a disjointed mess. Even if McGovern had given that speech at a reasonable time, he was still going to lose in a landslide. McGovern was a great guy, a great senator, but easily defined and because of that, he could never shake being the candidate of amnesty, abortion and acid. The Eagleton disaster didn't help endear him to Americans, either.

It was just a poorly run campaign. The only way McGovern had a shot at victory in '72 is if Watergate blew up during the election and even then, I'm not so sure he would've won. It's just one of those elections, like in '84 and '96, where the incumbent is almost certainly unbeatable.

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"Come Home, America"...George McGovern's 1972 nomination acceptance speech [View all] Ken Burch Dec 2012 OP

George McGovern... MarianJack Dec 2012 #1

I always thought they should just have had him do the speech again the next night. Ken Burch Dec 2012 #2

That and the whole campaign was a mess... Drunken Irishman Dec 2012 #3