George McGovern Dead at 90

**kingdomcome** · 22nd October 2012 09:02

Mr. Liberal

RIP George

George McGovern, Democratic idealist, dies at 90

Sen. George McGovern had been hospitalized for various illnesses and injuries since taking a serious fall last December. The three-term senator from South Dakota won the Democratic presidential nomination in 1972.

George McGovern was an icon of American liberalism who campaigned for the White House with moral fervor against President Nixon and the Vietnam War but lost in one of the biggest defeats in U.S. history.

Sen. McGovern, who died early Sunday in Sioux Falls, S.D., at age 90, led a campaign against Nixon and the war in Southeast Asia that attracted millions of angry, anti-Establishment voters, including women and minorities, students and idealists.
George McGovern, Democratic idealist, dies at 90 | Nation & World | The Seattle Times

**cluezo** · 22nd October 2012 09:04

I was gonna post that earlier today but figured most here barely knew about him. Perhaps not.

**kingdomcome** · 22nd October 2012 09:08

^
Wonder what this world would look like if he hadn't gotten his ass handed to him in the '72 election.

**cluezo** · 22nd October 2012 09:28

I liked him.

**fred flintstone** · 22nd October 2012 10:59

Originally Posted by kingdomcome

Wonder what this world would look like if he hadn't gotten his ass handed to him

i ialways wonder that about Gore....
I don't think McGovern had a chance. You can't be anti-war when the US is involved in one and expect to get elected.

**cluezo** · 22nd October 2012 11:29

Originally Posted by fred flintstone

You can't be anti-war when the US is involved in one and expect to get elected.

No shit. My man, Eugene McCarthy tried that.

**samsara** · 22nd October 2012 14:34

by some accounts, one of the better politicians of the latter 20th century. unfortunately, good guys dont finish first in politics.

**kingdomcome** · 22nd October 2012 14:37

Originally Posted by fred flintstone

You can't be anti-war when the US is involved in one and expect to get elected.

Uherm.. isn't that exactly the situation Obama was in in '08?

**Anna Key** · 22nd October 2012 14:39

Originally Posted by cluezo

I was gonna post that earlier today but figured most here barely knew about him. Perhaps not.

Here's a thing, Cluezo; I knew very well who George McGovern was, unfortunately I had no idea that he was the same guy that ran against Nixon, his politics or anything about his life after World War II, until relatively recently.

His memoir of being a bomber pilot (Liberators) is excellent reading. Now, compare the two stages of his life and I'm sure that you'd agree that the former definitely informed the latter. For instance, his anti-war stance came as no surprise at all to me.