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In reply to the discussion: anyone here old enough to remember eugene mccarthy? [View all]Vinca
(50,322 posts)33. Yes. It was a time when Democrats were still Democrats.
Then along came the "new Democrats" . . . ugh.
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My first presidential campaign was for McCarthy; I was still 20 when my friends and I ran the HQ ...
Hekate
Jun 2015
#12
Disappointed Dems said so many nasty things about Humphrey. It was truly self-defeating.
Hekate
Jun 2015
#17
I was too young, but vaguely remember Humphrey being considered second rate at
appalachiablue
Jun 2015
#18