[presidio9]

"This even though I was a decorated combat bomber pilot in World War II, while Nixon was stationed far from battle."

The man was and still is an a$$hole. Shouldn't a liberal who makes this point at least acknowledge that, as a practicing Quaker, Richard Nixon religiously opposed to war? McGovern may have protested the Viet Nam War, but Richard Nixon ended it. McGovern attacks only those who can not defend themselves because he knows he doesn't have a leg to stand on. If it weren't for Fritz, history would remember McGovern as the biggest loser in American political history. I hope that keeps him awake at night.

[Williams]

Hmm I know Nixon was in the navy and at sea during WWII. I have never heard anyone suggest that Nixon was far fom combat. The seas were not safe during WWII. But in any event this all underscores the reality that what you would do as president is WAY more important than what you did in the service. Imagine letting a McGovern gut our defenses just because he served heroically in WWII? Someone should think up the best way of confronting these guys on why they learned nothing about national security based on their war experiences.

[KC_Conspirator]

"This even though I was a decorated combat bomber pilot in World War II, while Nixon was stationed far from battle."

The man was and still is an a$$hole.

You got that right. Ideas matter and McGovern had awful ideas and despite his great service to his country, his appeasement and courting of the hate-America crowd mattered and was rejected.

[Grut]

McGovern may have protested the Viet Nam War, but Richard Nixon ended it.

The North Vietnamese ended the war by winning it. We can debate endlessly about who in America ended it by losing.