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Family Spokesman: George McGovern dead at age 90
townhall.com ^
| 10/21/12
| AP
Posted on 10/21/2012 5:03:15 AM PDT by NJRighty
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posted on
10/21/2012 5:03:21 AM PDT
by
NJRighty
To: NJRighty
I had dinner with George McGovern once. He was a very charming man. He had an odd habit of speaking while hardly moving his lips but was very good company.
Obviously I disagreed with him politically in everything but I never doubted that he was a true patriot.
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posted on
10/21/2012 5:11:52 AM PDT
by
jalisco555
("My 80% friend is not my 20% enemy" - Ronald Reagan)
To: NJRighty
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posted on
10/21/2012 5:16:19 AM PDT
by
generally
(Don't be stupid. We have politicians for that.)
To: NJRighty
My favorite McGovern quote:
"For many years, I wanted to run for the presidency in the worst possible way and last year, I sure did," he told a formal press dinner in Washington.
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posted on
10/21/2012 5:16:22 AM PDT
by
billorites
(freepo ergo sum)
To: jalisco555
I agree. He was a nutball, but he seemed to be an honest nutball.
And right or wrong in his policies, I think he wanted what was best for America.
That makes him a patriot, IMHO.
RIP, Senator George McGovern
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posted on
10/21/2012 5:17:00 AM PDT
by
djf
(Political Science: Conservatives = govern-ment. Liberals = givin-me-it.)
To: jalisco555
He lived almost a century and saw the world change a great deal. He learned nothing from it though.
He lost in 1972 because he was out of touch with America - people thought the reason we were failing in Vietnam is because he and his party wanted peace at any price.
America’s irresoluteness signaled to its enemies the world could be made safe for Communism. McGovern was the wrong man for his time.
That’s all that needs to be said about his place in history.
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posted on
10/21/2012 5:18:08 AM PDT
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: goldstategop
He lived almost a century and saw the world change a great deal. He learned nothing from it though.I think he had a late-life conversion about the dangers of big government and high taxes and regulation. It came from his experience trying to run an inn.
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posted on
10/21/2012 5:21:23 AM PDT
by
jalisco555
("My 80% friend is not my 20% enemy" - Ronald Reagan)
To: jalisco555
McGovern was the first presidential candidate in whose campaign I got active (young and stupid back then)
But he was an honorable man unlike today’s democrats.
RIP
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posted on
10/21/2012 5:24:33 AM PDT
by
silverleaf
(Age Takes a Toll: Please Have Exact Change)
To: NJRighty
RIP George
I praise your service during WWII
After that you went astray IMHO. But that does not undo the good you did
as a bomber pilot.
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posted on
10/21/2012 5:24:47 AM PDT
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: djf
Despite the fact that he was a bleeding heart Liberal and had it wrong on many national issues he was, after all a WWII bomber pilot who flew on many missions and risked his life in war. RIP George and thanks for your patriotic service...
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posted on
10/21/2012 5:27:27 AM PDT
by
Netz
(Netz)
To: NJRighty
I always respected McGovern, even if I didn’t often agree with him. He was a true hero in WW2, and by all accounts was a good family man. That counts for a lot in my book.
RIP.
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posted on
10/21/2012 5:27:31 AM PDT
by
DemforBush
(100% Ex-Democrat.)
To: NJRighty
RIP to a time when Democrats knew how to lose gracefully. Of course, knowing they had a solid lock on Congress back then probably helped them maintain civility.
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posted on
10/21/2012 5:34:35 AM PDT
by
OrangeHoof
(Our economy won't heal until one particular black man is unemployed.)
To: NJRighty
May God have mercy on his soul.
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posted on
10/21/2012 5:36:32 AM PDT
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: NJRighty
His old friend Fidel has outlived him.
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posted on
10/21/2012 5:37:17 AM PDT
by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
To: NJRighty
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posted on
10/21/2012 5:37:17 AM PDT
by
oblomov
To: NJRighty
St. Karl at the Secular Gates of the Workers Paradise awaits. The choir sings the Internationale and George finds his eternal classless society.
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posted on
10/21/2012 5:47:19 AM PDT
by
SC_Pete
To: NJRighty
Good man, good life, thank you Lord.
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posted on
10/21/2012 5:48:15 AM PDT
by
Raycpa
To: NJRighty
I wasn’t around back then but I’ve never understood why Nixon thought he had to pull the illegal stuff, when he was roundly kicking McGovern’s ass anyway.
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posted on
10/21/2012 5:50:28 AM PDT
by
Holly_P
To: Holly_P
Richard Nixon was NOT one of the “good guys”. Both McGovern and Johnson were responsible for changing the Democrat party from a viable political alternative to the Communist Party West.
Rest in peace George. You meant well.
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posted on
10/21/2012 5:56:20 AM PDT
by
ZULU
(See video: http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2012/09/the-first-siege-of-vienna.html)
To: jalisco555
I remember him saying that if he had known how the laws he passed affected small businesses he would have never voted for them.
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posted on
10/21/2012 5:59:01 AM PDT
by
bjorn14
(Woe to those who call good evil and evil good. Isaiah 5:20)
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