George McGovern, an unabashed liberal voice, is dead

[donal dubh]

84. ...RIP

Condolences and much respect to his family and friends. A good man.

I read Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail many years ago and learned much of the U.S. gov't from that book, especially campaigning and electioneering. McGovern always seemed too decent and respectable for the grisly battles of the political world but I don't think Thompson softened the portrait - I believe he won his terms as Senator and world-respected statesman by appealing to common goodness still to be found in the vast majority of people. I can only hope his vision for the current president proves true.

"I think Barack will emerge as one of our great ones," he said in a 2009 interview with The Associated Press. "It will be a victory for moderate liberalism."