(Remember that the map colors for the parties were correct in those days.)
Posted on 03/01/2008 5:19:20 PM PST by Sub-Driver
’72 McGovern Team Rallies for One of Its Own: Clinton By JULIE BOSMAN
AUSTIN, Tex. — Frank Herrera, a prominent lawyer in Texas, was sitting at home two Saturdays ago when he received a telephone call.
The voice at the end of the line was that of an old friend from Senator George McGovern’s 1972 presidential campaign, who had since become the godfather, at least to some, of the Democratic Party.
“ ‘We’ve been with you all these years,’ ” former President Bill Clinton said, according to Mr. Herrera. “ ‘Now the time has come for you to be with us.’ ”
Mr. Herrera, who had up to that point been undecided in the Democratic race, promptly pledged his support to the Clintons. “The don never asks for a second favor when the first one has been rejected,” he said.
In fighting for a crucial victory in the Texas contest, the Clintons are drawing from a deep network of friendships that was formed 36 years ago, when they were in their mid-20s, not yet married and working around the clock as volunteers for Mr. McGovern’s campaign.
Now Mr. Herrera is making phone calls and soliciting friends to support Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton before the Texas primary on Tuesday. At the Clintons’ behest, he postponed a weekend trip so he could appear with Mrs. Clinton at a fund-raiser in San Antonio on Saturday.
Garry Mauro, a veteran Texas Democrat who ran the Youth for McGovern operation, is now Mrs. Clinton’s state director. Roy Spence, an Austin advertising executive who created advertisements for the McGovern campaign, is deeply involved in Mrs. Clinton’s media strategy in Texas. Even a receptionist from the McGovern campaign, Nancy Williams, has been called back
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Well that says enough..........
Pong?
Seems appropriate, since 2008 is shaping up to
be Nixon vs. McGovern all over again.
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Western Civilization may now be
officially too stupid to survive.
“Support” from old time political operatives at this late hour can only mean how can we steal votes - vote the morgue, stuff the ballot boxes, pay off some judges to keep the polls open, empty the homeless shelters, etc. etc.
Reaching out for help from the losers of the class of ‘72 eh.
That is desperation.
The don? Like in the mafia?
(Remember that the map colors for the parties were correct in those days.)
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