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In reply to the discussion: 1972 McGovern campaign, what would you have done ? [View all]scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)15. I'm proud to say that I campaigned and voted for him.
And I don't regret it one bit.
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I voted for McGovern, and would again. However, if Bobby wasn't killed, he would have been the
lostincalifornia
Oct 2013
#1
If Bobby hadn't been killed he would have been running for his 2nd term in '72
dflprincess
Oct 2013
#24
Goldwater was crushed in 64, the right reorganized and 16 years later won it all.
Warren Stupidity
Oct 2013
#7
Of all the things I have done in politics, the thing I am most proud of is working for McGovern.
chieftain
Oct 2013
#12
Air medal, Distinguished Flying Cross, 35 combat missions? He was a war hero (see post 27).
MADem
Oct 2013
#28
McGovern could have also used his bomber experience as an argument to end the war in Nam
OmahaBlueDog
Oct 2013
#31
Shrub could only beat Kerry by "swift boating" him--he had to tell lies about him.
MADem
Oct 2013
#33
They show that you won't send the peons to do something you wouldn't do yourself
Hippo_Tron
Oct 2013
#51
My Navy family preferred the "courage under fire" guy to the "In the rear With The Gear" guy.
MADem
Oct 2013
#76
He didn't use it at ALL. And he wasn't just an excellent pilot! He was a war HERO.
MADem
Oct 2013
#27
I supported McCarthy in the primary but no nose holding was necessary for McGovern.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Oct 2013
#16
Gone back to the 1968 rules committee to not change voting rules so drasticlly
CatholicEdHead
Oct 2013
#19
I will always be proud that the first vote I ever cast was for George McGovern. n/t
dflprincess
Oct 2013
#25
I think that election, more than any election in the last 70 years, speaks to the issue of..........
steve2470
Oct 2013
#36
Yeah. I see it impossible unless Watergate blows up in '72 and even then...
Drunken Irishman
Oct 2013
#37
Greens, socialists and Democrats would have to be on the same side in order for
eridani
Oct 2013
#86
I am explaining why National Party types will NEVER support political insurgencies.
bemildred
Oct 2013
#93
if America knew about the prairie populist, war hero, Methodist minister and history teacher that
Douglas Carpenter
Oct 2013
#44
Hunter Thompson said that McGovern lacked a "streak of Mick Jagger in his soul..."
First Speaker
Oct 2013
#58
Ivoted for him(of course)but wrote him to drop out in primaries.A summary of the posts I agree with:
UTUSN
Oct 2013
#63
If I'd been American and old enough to vote, I'd have voted for McGovern - no doubt at all!
LeftishBrit
Oct 2013
#67