McCarthy ran for President in 1968, losing to Hubert Humphrey, who went on to lose to Nixon.
McGovern’s original running mate was Sen. Thomas Eagleton of MO.
Yes, Sergeant Shriver, husband of Eunice Kennedy, was his replacement.
What a forgettable bunch.
McGovern was infamous for his plan to give everyone in America a thousand dollars from the Gubmint. And it wasn’t because of a recession...it was merely an income redistribution scheme of monumental stupidity.
Then, when Eagleton’s past treatment for depression with electric shocks was revealed, McGovern first stood by him and declared that he was backing his VP pick “one thousand percent”. Within days Eagleton withdrew, and they tried to spin it that it was HIS idea not McGovern’s.
Without looking it up, I never would have recalled Eagleton. Shriver is Schwarzenegger’s father-in-law. Thanks for the quiz.