To: The KG9 Kid
Eagleton was McGovern's first running mate. Then it was revealed that he had been under the care of a shrink. He got the boot, and Sargent Schriver (RFK's brother-in-law) was brought onto the ticket.
356 posted on
06/01/2008 2:01:21 PM PDT by
buccaneer81
(Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
To: buccaneer81
"Eagleton was McGovern's first running mate. Then it was revealed that he had been under the care of a shrink."
Actually it was revealed that he had received electro-shock treatment in a mental institution. Just like Nicholson in One flew over the cuckoo's nest.
427 posted on
06/01/2008 3:33:39 PM PDT by
joebuck
(Finitum non capax infinitum!)
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