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onehandle

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1. In 1972 I couldn't vote, but I had a McGovern bumper sticker on my notebook.

Reply to Ken Burch (Original post)

Mon May 25, 2015, 09:49 PM

May 2015

I called the local Democratic Party headquarters and asked them to mail me one.

A dad of a fellow student cussed me out for being 'brainwashed' by that 'liberal' and threatened me physically. My dad was not amused and confronted the dad the next day.

Anyway, that was the day in elementary school that I became a life long Democrat.

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George McGovern's loss had nothing to do with "liberalism". [View all] Ken Burch May 2015 OP

In 1972 I couldn't vote, but I had a McGovern bumper sticker on my notebook. onehandle May 2015 #1

I was the only kid in sixth grade in my school (Brush College, Salem Oregon)who supported McGovern Ken Burch May 2015 #4

Pretty much the same scenario here. nt onehandle May 2015 #6

Thanks Ken tnlurker May 2015 #2

Don't forget Nixon's "October surprise" Art_from_Ark May 2015 #3

Oh that's just Water under the Gate...er, I mean the bridge... Ken Burch May 2015 #5

I was 11 and that was my first campaign AndreaCG May 2015 #7

those hypocrisies dont come from liberals reddread May 2015 #8

I called my favorite aunt that I thought was liberal, Paka May 2015 #9

Hillary supporters are uncomfortable with a relatively unknown senator given impossible odds... whereisjustice May 2015 #10

I think that's a figment of your imagination MaggieD May 2015 #13

How many campaigns have you worked, murielm99 May 2015 #14

McGovern was my first presidential vote. Blue_In_AK May 2015 #11

But it had EVERYTHING to do with disunity.... MaggieD May 2015 #12

No, it did not. I regard Thomas Eagleton as one of the great villains of '72 Ken Burch May 2015 #15

How can you claim that.... MaggieD May 2015 #16

Agreed that party disunity played a major role, but McGovern's campaign didn't cause that. Ken Burch May 2015 #18

He should have chosen Sargent Shriver at the beginning Art_from_Ark May 2015 #21

I think the fact that people here still use '72 as a yardstick for any sort of political calculus, Warren DeMontague May 2015 #17

His loss was illustrative treestar May 2015 #19

It didn't with Coolidge, Reagan and Lil' Dubbikins. Ken Burch May 2015 #20

And don't forget "Democrats for Nixon" eridani May 2015 #22

I haven't forgotten. LWolf May 2015 #23