Boo! It's McGovern! Boogabooga! Aaaahhhhh!

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One of the most significant figures in America today, George McGovern has earned the respect of countless individuals from all political viewpoints and all walks of life.

From his days as a student at Dakota Wesleyan University throughout his long and distinguished career in public service, George McGovern has never forgotten his roots. He was born in Avon, South Dakota, on July 19, 1922, the son of a Wesleyan Methodist minister. The family moved to Mitchell, South Dakota, in 1928, and George graduated from Mitchell High School in 1940. He was an outstanding student, and his proficiency in debate won him a scholarship at Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell, where he enrolled in the fall of 1940. There he met fellow student Eleanor Stegeberg of Woonsocket, South Dakota. George and Eleanor were married on October 31, 1943, and their five children were all born in Mitchell.

As a college student, McGovern was twice elected class president and won the state oratorical contest with the topic "My Brother's Keeper," an avowal of his belief in one's responsibility to humankind.

World War II interrupted McGovern's education in 1943. He flew 35 combat missions as a B-24 bomber pilot in Europe, earning the Distinguished Flying Cross. After the war he returned to Dakota Wesleyan University, graduating in 1946. McGovern then attended Garrett Seminary for one year before enrolling at Northwestern University in Chicago, where he earned his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in American history and government.

http://www.mcgovernlibrary.com/george.htm

Those who are ignorant of what it might have been like to fly 35 combat missions over Europe between 1943 and 1945 are invited to read a little goddamned history.

I'm so fucking sick of the use of "McGovern" as shorthand for "unelectable liberal" that I could spit. C'mon, centrists - read a little bit and then tell me why we can't afford to nominate a McGovern!