But I've seen McGovern on TV more then my fair share. And Unless he somehow was 10,000 times more charismatic and less out-to-lunch-liberal with all the arrogance and condencention that it brings with it, back then then he is now, I'm gonna stick by my statement.
No, charisma was never the Senator's strong suit. But I'll be damned if I've ever seen him arrogant and condescending.
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Here's a typically "extreme quote for the Senator:
I'm fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in. ......... ~George McGovern
And here's different opinion of your "extremist":
In 1972, it was the Democrats' turn to get too real. George McGovern was a man of obvious integrity, decency, and conviction, but Nixon managed to paint him, as Johnson had painted Goldwater, as an extremist.
The Politics of Emptiness ...... By Crispin Sartwell
I never said George McGovern wasn't a decent man. And I don't favor character assasination politics. I was critical of the Swift Boat Vets for challenging the legitimacy of Kerry's medels, something that they couldn't possibly prove, although I agreed that his testemony afterward was fair game.
That said, that doesn't go to make George McGovern any less extreme, at least as far as mainstream politics goes. He's the Jesse Helms of the left. And that's fine, I don't think he's a bad man, but he is still extreme.