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I remember '72 as if it were yesterday.

George McGovern ran one of the most inept campaigns in history, it started with his selection of Senator Thomas Eagleton of Missouri as his running mate, and when word began to leak out about Eagleton receiving shock treatment for depression, first McGovern declared that he was '1000 percent' behind Eagleton, but it wasn't long before Eagleton was kicked to the curb.

Then there was McGovern's famous "$1000 for every person in America" gambit (and $1000 was a lot of money in '72), and it came across as raw pandering (what else?) and it was no secret that McGovern and the 'Rats of that era wanted to turn tail and retreat in Vietnam.

Interesting background on McGovern: he was raised by Republican parents, but deliberately chose NOT to affiliate himself with any political party UNTIL the election cycle of 1948 when he registered as an Independent, joined up with the so-called 'Progressive Party' and worked to elect former Vice President and closet Commie Henry Wallace President. How much of a Commie was Wallace?

He was enough of a Communist that the Communist Party USA chose not to run a candidate that year, and endorsed Wallace.

And McGovern was all for the Communist-endorsed candidate.

In a funny "can you believe that" sub-plot, Bob Novak was busy stirring up trouble in '72 as well, and reported that an unnamed Democratic Senator had told him that McGovern was "for amnesty (of draft evaders), abortion and legalization of pot." As a result, McGovern became known as the the candidate of "amnesty, abortion and acid."

And Novak protected the identity of the mystery Senator until after he died last year, and the source of the 'amnesty/abortion/acid' comment?

Senator Thomas Eagleton of Missouri.

You just can't make this stuff up! LOL

But to return to a serious note in conclusion, had George McGovern somehow become President in '72, America would most likely still be a mass Soviet gulag, his policies would have led to the utter destruction of our Republic, and the likely conquest of the entire planet by the Soviet Union.

I remember '72 as if it were yesterday.

I was 12 but I remember a Nixon TV ad with little model aircraft carriers and a hand that swept them away as a voice ominously described McGovern's plans.

“But to return to a serious note in conclusion, if Barack Obama somehow becomes President in ‘08, America will most likely be a mass leftist labor camp , his policies will lead to the utter destruction of our Republic, and the likely conquest of the entire planet by Russia and/or China. “

Fixed. History does repeat itself. ;)

Thanks for the memories of the McGovern campaign. I was a college student and remember the dispicable and childish supporters on campus.