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The irony of those words is very amusing when you consider every Democrat Presidential candidate starting with Carter. Kerry, Gore, Obama, and the rest had to pass for something they weren't.
Kerry the war hero
Gore the intelligent statesman
Obama the transformational answer to all our problems
Clinton the moderate
Carter the nice guy
Ducaccus the military leader
McGovern..........can't think of anything here. He was up front about his pacifism
McGovern was one of the last old school Dems, people you could really respect, even if you didnt agree with them. Look at the candidates in 1968: Humphrey, Muskie, McGovern, Kennedy. Look at what the Democratic Party is now: Obama, Pelosi, Frank, Reid. Quite a come down.
"McGovern..........can't think of anything here. He was up front about his pacifism"
Lt. George McGovern was a pilot of a B-24 and flew 35 missions against the Germans during WW II. Of course you can't think, that's obvious.
Wow, I'll look into that.
Since McGovern was running before the internet you need to cut me some slack.
At any rate, he probably wouldn't want toi be accused of being a warmonger by his base, so I can see why he didn't focus on that. Wasn't Vietnam an embarassment then?
I'm just saying......