Posted on 10/22/2012 3:20:05 PM PDT by The Looking Spoon
When liberals fail, they fail spectacularly as (we are very likely about to see on November 6). George McGovern's 1972 presidential campaign is a great example of this.
What I suspect most people (myself included) didn't know is he sort of saw the light on big government regulation 20 years after his failed run (see the full article here). While he lamented that future generations of Democrats could take note of his folly and learn from it, we've seen nothing of the sort...
Only because he actually had to run a for-profit business.
Obama never will.
40 years ago, somebody would have said that about McGovern.
Who can say?
One BIG difference is that McGovern flew over 25 bombing missions in Europe in WWII - one of the most dangerous assignments you could have. He was one brave, tough young man willing to give it all for his country. I may have disagreed with his politics but I respected the heck out of him and would have been proud to buy him a beer had I ever met him. Don’t even mention him in the same breath as that jug-eared wimp.
McGovern was an honorable and decent man. But one similarity between his campaign and Obama’s is that he had a running mate, Tom Eagleton, who spent time in a psych ward. Obama has one who should have been permanently committed years ago.
Also, McGovern was a war hero.
There is no comparison to McGovern. 0bama is closer to socialist/communist leaders from other Nations than any American President/leader. Except maybe Wilson and LBJ and a cheap knock off version of FDR. Oh and Carter. And the currupt influences of a JFK.
True. But McGovern would have been a truly dreadful president.
But he was a supporter of Henry Wallace in 1948 and was pretty far to the left for his time.
Some political leaders have been pretty soft on Communism -- Wallace, McGovern, Ted Kennedy, etc. -- and some have been pretty close to European socialists -- Obama, Ted Kennedy -- but none of them were actual Leninists or Stalinists so far as I know.
Between the two, McGovern was far more dangerous, as he was more than willing to utterly capitulate to the Soviet Union.
Among his other platform ideas:
US out of Vietnam in exchange for our prisoners. Amnesty for draft dodgers. “Demogrant”, giving $1000 to every American (later dropped from platform.)
Government provided jobs for all Americans, with a guaranteed minimum income. “Public service employment must be greatly expanded in order to make the government the employer of last resort and guarantee a job for all.”
37% reduction in defense spending.
The “equitable distribution of wealth and income”.
Rewarding banks with federal deposit funds for “investing in socially productive endeavors.”
Passage of the Equal Rights Amendment.
thank you!
you have that very correctly. either you were there to witness it, or you are a very good researcher.
i commend you!
blessings, bobo
I think my post was a failed attempt at being facetious?
Definitely inaccurate.
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