[Fred Hayek]

I do remember 1972. That was my junior/senior year in high school. I was watching some of the TV coverage of the Democratic National Convention, and said “Those are a bunch of Commies!” I was just 17, and not old enough to vote then. McGovern was the so-called “youth candidate”, but he did not represent my views at the time. I identified more as a Henry Jackson Democrat then. And the Democratic Party left me.

[nopardons]

That was 1968. :-)

[Windflier]

McGovern was the so-called “youth candidate”, but he did not represent my views at the time.

I didn't have a mature set of political views in 1972, but I was strongly influenced by my environment, which was almost solid Democrat. I voted for McGovern, of course, though I had no real idea what he stood for.

Young skulls full of mush, eh?