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In reply to the discussion: 1972 McGovern campaign, what would you have done ? [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)33. Shrub could only beat Kerry by "swift boating" him--he had to tell lies about him.
And that slimy little shitheel Chambliss (if I ever see his face on the tv we all dive for the remote--talk about HATED in my house) painted Max as a loony vet with PTSD and suggested that he caused his own injuries. He also compared him to Osama bin Laden.
This is what actually happened:
When the helicopter landed, Cleland jumped out, followed by the two soldiers. They ducked beneath the rotors and turned to watch the liftoff. Cleland reached down to pick up a grenade he believed had popped off his flak jacket. It exploded and the blast slammed him backward, shredding both his legs and one arm.
David Lloyd, a Marine in a nearby mortar bunker, rushed to the scene, took off his web belt and tied it around one of Cleland's shredded legs.[4] When the medics arrived, Lloyd left to help another injured soldier one of the two who had gotten off the helicopter with Cleland.
Lloyd claims that the unnamed soldier was crying. 'It was mine,' he said, 'it was my grenade.'
According to Lloyd, the private had failed to take the extra precaution that experienced soldiers did when they grabbed M-26 grenades from the ammo box: bend the pins, or tape them in place, so they couldn't accidentally dislodge. This soldier had a flak jacket full of grenades with treacherously straight pins, Lloyd says. "He was a walking death trap."[5]
David Lloyd, a Marine in a nearby mortar bunker, rushed to the scene, took off his web belt and tied it around one of Cleland's shredded legs.[4] When the medics arrived, Lloyd left to help another injured soldier one of the two who had gotten off the helicopter with Cleland.
Lloyd claims that the unnamed soldier was crying. 'It was mine,' he said, 'it was my grenade.'
According to Lloyd, the private had failed to take the extra precaution that experienced soldiers did when they grabbed M-26 grenades from the ammo box: bend the pins, or tape them in place, so they couldn't accidentally dislodge. This soldier had a flak jacket full of grenades with treacherously straight pins, Lloyd says. "He was a walking death trap."[5]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Cleland
Max Cleland has a silver star and a bronze star (they do not hand those out like candy), he was great at his job, and he was a war hero, too. Saxby Chambliss had nothing more substantial decorating his sorry ass than hemorrhoids.
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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