Well, he did manage to win more electoral votes in 1972 than Walter Mondale won in 1984.
Posted on 05/07/2008 1:10:38 PM PDT by pissant
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Former Sen. George McGovern, an early supporter of Hillary Rodham Clinton, urged her to drop out of the Democratic presidential race and endorsed her rival, Barack Obama.
After watching the returns from the North Carolina and Indiana primaries Tuesday night, McGovern said Wednesday it's virtually impossible for Clinton to win the nomination. The 1972 Democratic presidential nominee said he had a call in to former President Clinton to tell him of the decision, adding that he remains close friends with the Clintons.
"I will hold them in affection and admiration all of my days," he said of the Clintons.
McGovern's announcement comes a day before Clinton was scheduled to travel to South Dakota to campaign. The state holds its primary June 3 with 15 pledged delegates at stake.
McGovern said he had no regrets about endorsing Hillary Clinton months ago, even before the Iowa caucuses.
"She has run a valiant campaign. And she will remain an influential voice in the American future," he said.
But Obama has won the nomination "by any practical test" and is very close to a majority of the pledged delegates, said McGovern, who is 85. Obama moved within 200 delegates of clinching the nomination with his split decision on Tuesday of a win in North Carolina and a narrow loss in Indiana.
It's time to unite the Democratic Party, he said.
What does the Fat Lady song sound like?
” The 1972 Democratic presidential nominee said he had a call in to former President Clinton to tell him of the decision, adding that he remains close friends with the Clintons.
“I will hold them in affection and admiration all of my days,” he said of the Clintons. “
Got news for you George, prepare to be slimed.
If I were Clinton I would want McGovern to endorse anyone but me.
The kiss o’ death.
No surprise there...
Obama won’t have won enough delegates in the primaries to clinch the nomination, either.
I don’t see Hillary withdrawing as long as she has a strategy to get the delegates from Florida and Michigan seated.
That poor, addled old man.
The Rush haters on FR and their conterparts on DU both feel things would be sooooo much better if we had just "put a stake thur Hillary's heart" months ago and let the mainstream media hand Obama the Dem nomination on a silver platter.
Interesting how these "conservatives" have the same views as the commies on this election. All they'd have to do is add a sentence or two about how Hillary voted for "Bush's war" and their posts would identical to the garbage posted on DU.
And as my tagline notes, does anyone remember when we took the advice of the loudmouths on FR who demanded we "drive a stake through Gary Condit's heart while he's down" because "we CANNOT risk ANY chance this man goes back to Congress". Condit was a huge albatross hanging out the Dems necks and those "conservatives" kept demanding he get destroyed in the RAT primary as soon as possible. They got their wish. The Dems should thank those "conservatives" for endursing "Dem unity" in November to keep that seat in socialist hands forever.
Obama does not have enough time and is nowhere near adroit enough to rebound from what his poor judgment over ‘reverend’ Wright has cost him.
AND he is still the shallow, populist, intellectual fop with the ill-bred wife who can't open her mouth without alienating ALL the people he needs to be elected.
My money is still on Hillary. She’s staying in because Obama has more skeletons to be exposed.
I hope so but I doubt it. I think she would have used everything she had already to overcome him.
George, do you really think that will stop any attempts at Arkancide? At your age, they can make it look like old age...
Hillary is in because FLA and MICH are still in play.
Denver, baby! Recreate 68!
As RUSH says, never, ever take advice from losers, they are always happy to give but have no success to back them up.
Will Jimmy Carter, Al Gore, John Keerry be next, of course.
People who are tone-deaf always think that they are singing on key and sound great!
McGovern — LOLOLOLOLOL!
In 1972, McGovern lost by the 2nd biggest landslide in history, carrying only D.C. and Taxachussetts.
Basically she can only get the Dem nomination at this point by using thuggery tactics and rigging things behind the scenes. She and Bill will have to get on the phone and strongarm dozens of superdelegates into supporting her by using bribary or blackmail (alot of them owe their jobs to her husband), forcing the party to seat Florida and Michigan delegates and awarding ALL of them to Hillary, contesting races like Guam where Obama only "won" by 7 votes, and using the credentials committee to disqualify a bunch of Obama superdelegates and elected delegates from weird contests like D.C., and refusing to seat them.
All of that would probably turn the tide to Hillary's favor at the convention and allow her to wrestle the nomination from Obama, but it would also have the effect of a nasty, underhanded fight that would tear the democrat party apart and doom any nominee to lose in the fall. (Plus Obama would be able to claim he won the most states and delegates and was the choice of "the people" only to be cheated by unelected party hacks behind closed doors -- a third party run by Obamas "the people's candidate" would have a perfectly legit case)
So in short I'd be quite happy with that scenario.
Also, it will never happen, but the best case scenario would be the Dem party implodes and fails to run a Presidential candidate nationally for the November election, allowing a bunch of us to vote for a conservative candidate over McCain without having to risk electing a communist Democrat. ;-)
You outlined a dream scenario. LOL. We can always hope.
“For in the ancient legends it says that George McGovern must walk the Earth as one of the undead, until another Democrat gets creamed worse in a Presidential race.”
Maybe they need to kill a goat in the local bar.
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