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McGovern touts legacy of liberalism in America

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http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2005/07/30/news/loca...

Conservative politics may be ascendant in America, but the world needs liberal leadership to move ahead, former Sen. George McGovern told a packed lunch crowd in Missoula on Friday.

Missoula World Affairs Council president Mark Johnson introduced McGovern to about 160 people at the City Club, noting that the retired senator and 1972 Democratic nominee for president was still working on anti-hunger campaigns worldwide. snip

"I'm a Democrat and a liberal," McGovern said, adding, "I'm sure I wasn't just revealing a secret. And I'm the worst kind of liberal - a bleeding-heart liberal."

That said, he went on to claim there was no government program now embraced by both political parties that wasn't started on the liberal side of the aisle. He ticked off Medicare, rural electrification, environmental safeguards and civil rights among the accomplishments. He acknowledged that President Eisenhower, a Republican, started the interstate highway system, but noted that all the liberals voted for it.

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-McGovern touts legacy of liberalism in America	NNN0LHI	Jul-30-05 08:41 AM	#0
- Hey from MT, alright!	Wetzelbill	Jul-30-05 08:44 AM	#1
- McGovern has been right about everything he stood for so far. n/t	bribri16	Jul-30-05 05:52 PM	#23
- This George I'd vote for. Actually, I did. My first vote ever.	argyl	Jul-30-05 09:06 AM	#2
- me too	ayeshahaqqiqa	Jul-30-05 09:30 AM	#4
- me too...nt	Catt03	Jul-30-05 10:04 AM	#6
- He was my first vote too. (eom)	Iowa	Jul-30-05 04:05 PM	#15
- Mine too......	llmart	Jul-30-05 05:01 PM	#21
- Me too...	mithnanthy	Jul-30-05 05:45 PM	#22
- mine, too	cosmicdot	Jul-30-05 07:34 PM	#24
- How old was Reagan when he was elected?	tsuki	Jul-30-05 09:14 AM	#3
- Reagan was 70, I believe.	Starbucks Anarchist	Jul-30-05 04:17 PM	#17
- Durn.	tsuki	Jul-30-05 04:32 PM	#20
- sixty-nine: the same age AHNULD will be in 2016	MisterP	Jul-30-05 04:18 PM	#18
- Read McGovern's latest book	Vox_Reason	Jul-30-05 09:34 AM	#5
- McGovern is a highly decorated war hero	IndianaGreen	Jul-30-05 10:14 AM	#7
- Actually, Nixon served in the Soloman Islands	tinrobot	Jul-30-05 11:53 AM	#10
- Sen McGovern....	prairierose	Jul-30-05 10:33 AM	#8
- Like you, my first vote in a presidential election was for McGovern	IndianaGreen	Jul-30-05 10:39 AM	#9
- I love this quote...	8_year_nightmare	Jul-30-05 12:58 PM	#11
- I worked on the McGovern campaign when I was 7 years old...	Cooley Hurd	Jul-30-05 01:17 PM	#12
- That is VERY cool.	catzies	Jul-30-05 01:22 PM	#13
- My Mom was a big Dem, and all of her kids were involved in...	Cooley Hurd	Jul-30-05 01:31 PM	#14
- he actually was ahead of Nixon in the earliest polls, as was Dukakis.	MisterP	Jul-30-05 04:15 PM	#16
- McGovern Rocks!!!	GOPBasher	Jul-30-05 04:30 PM	#19
- Yes, he's a bleeding heart liberal	Writer	Jul-30-05 08:39 PM	#25

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