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George McGovern, an unabished liberal voice, is dead

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George McGovern, an unabashed liberal voice, is dead - CNN.com

"George Stanley McGovern -- a staunch liberal who served South Dakota in the U.S. Senate and House for more than two decades and who ran unsuccessfully as the Democratic Party nominee for president in 1972 -- died Sunday at the age of 90, his family said.

"Our wonderful father, George McGovern, passed away peacefully at the Dougherty Hospice House in Sioux Falls, SD, surrounded by our family and life-long friends," his family said in a statement."
 
RIP...he wasnt one of my favorites but he was who he was and he stood by it.
 
Rest In Peace George McGovern! He served his fellow man--he was concerned with the masses, us the people.

And like Ron Paul, the american electorate rejected him.
 
rest in peace, Senator McGovern.
 
When he was admitted to hospice, I thought of the American President Series designed by Arthur Schlesinger Jr. The idea was to have historians by training or profession write a slim biography of each of the Presidents of the United States. Arthur Schlesinger Jr. recruited George McGovern to research and write his own biography of Abraham Lincoln. These aren't necessarily meant to be pushing the historiographical boundaries, and frequently re-run common arguments about each of the Presidents, but nevertheless, each of their viewpoints come out. It might make for an interesting read to those of you who are interested in either Lincoln or the recently deceased Presidential candidate McGovern.

Abraham Lincoln (The American Presidents Series: The 16th President,1861-1865): George S. McGovern,Arthur M. Schlesinger,Sean Wilentz: 9780805083453: Amazon.com: Books
 
In 1972, I had the good fortune to be the campaign director in my congressional district for McGovern in the primary and then was elected as a national convention delegate to Miami. I have many fond memories of that time and learned a great deal for his campaign - both positive and negative. He was a true American patriot and proud liberal. God bless him.
 
I voted in my first "election" in 1972 for George McGovern. The election was a very hot topic, even in my elementary school. :) The war in Vietnam, womens' rights and the draft were of great interest us. The fifth and sixth grade classes were allowed to hold an election. I happily cast my vote for McGovern. Sadly, he lost our election too.

I've always held fond memories of McGovern and my first "vote".

RIP sir and thank you for your service to our country.
 
Rip, I feel the world would have been better off had he became president.
 
hikari said:
Rip, I feel the world would have been better off had he became president.
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Ho Chi Minh probably shared that sentiment:mrgreen:

but you might be right-carter never would have been president
 
hikari said:
Rip, I feel the world would have been better off had he became president.
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Nixon was a pretty modern-thinking guy--unfortunately his demons did him in.
 
George McGovern, like John F. Kennedy, would be appalled at the raucous, shrieking liberal circus tent that infests America today. Neither would want any part of the Godless, preening homosexuals, the lack of a common language, the demands for theft from others, the crime and violence, the ignorance and worst of all, the loathing of the country who's values and traditions that they both loved and both fought for in the Second World War, McGovern, the Baptist Minister's son and combat bomber pilot, Kennedy the staunch Catholic as a Navy Captain, who suffered the rest of his life from his wounds.

For today's loons to feign some sort of sorrow at McGovern's loss is disgusting. You would be unrecognizable and sickening to him. Go look in the mirror and just be quiet.
 
Ray410 said:
George McGovern, like John F. Kennedy, would be appalled at the raucous, shrieking liberal circus tent that infests America today. Neither would want any part of the Godless, preening homosexuals, the lack of a common language, the demands for theft from others, the crime and violence, the ignorance and worst of all, the loathing of the country who's values and traditions that they both loved and both fought for in the Second World War, McGovern, the Baptist Minister's son and combat bomber pilot, Kennedy the staunch Catholic as a Navy Captain, who suffered the rest of his life from his wounds.

For today's loons to feign some sort of sorrow at McGovern's loss is disgusting. You would be unrecognizable and sickening to him. Go look in the mirror and just be quiet.
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Goodless, homosexuals? Okay, this is just silly.

McGovern always stood for religious freedom, and if he would be sickened by the gay community why did he raise funds to defeat Anita Bryant's anti-LGBT teacher initiative, why was his 1972 convention the one where the first LGBT convention speaker, Jim Foster, adressed the assembly. Why did he come out in support of marraige rights for the LGBT community if he was sickened by them?

Please.rewrite history some more, McGovern was a liberal who loved our country, even the homosexual and atheist, parts of it. He fought for values of tolerance, understand, and compassion, these things are not hating America, they are loving it. McGovern was a staunch supporter of those liberals you decry to the very end.
 
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