[Agamemnon]

Even the old McGovern would have been more conservative than the likely 2012 Republican nominee. I’m serious.

Only a guy who either wasn't old enough to remember or wasn't mentally engaged enough at the time to remember would say such a thing ...

Oh but wait, aren't you the presidential "nominee" of the same third party that did so much to unseat Nixon in 1972?

Tom Hoefling for President 2012, July 27, 2012, For Immediate Release,Contact: tomhoefling@gmail.com Sacramento, CA - America's Party presidential nominee Tom Hoefling has accepted the invitation of the American Independent Party of California to participate in three debates with candidates vying for their 2012 presidential nomination.

Schmitz-Anderson 1972:

Seems that, much like like you, about the only claim to fame that Schmitz had (apart from the fact that he'd actually made it to Congressional elective office - unlike you) was that he spawned a few offspring (including his daughter, the famed convicted and jailed pedophile-ette, Mary Kay LaTourneau).

Schmitz ended his political career after 1972, and to the end of his life was reduced to a post-Congressional wilderness career as a kiosk operator in Union Station in DC.

The American Independent Party evidently didn't have much of a retirement plan for washed up nominees back then.

Maybe they'll take better care of washed up nominees this election cycle.

[fieldmarshaldj]

If you’re going to bash people, Aggie, get your facts straight. Schmitz was considered such a thorn from the right that Nixon (whose O.C. district he resided in) personally involved himself in aggressively getting behind a primary challenger to narrowly beat Schmitz (that party establishment challenger, btw, Andrew Hinshaw, turned out to be a crook). Schmitz only ran for President because of Nixon’s actions, otherwise he’d have been cruising to another term in Congress.

His career did not end in 1972. He returned to the California State Senate in 1979 (after having previously served almost 6 years there before his election to Congress) and served a 4-year term. Despite his unfortunate actions in his personal life, he was still buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery.