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So the Democrats in 1972 foolishly nominated die-hard left-wing South Dakota senator George McGovern.

The first-ever year I voted. Interestingly enough, it was also the last year I ever voted Democrat.

[Fred Hayek]

I wasn’t old enough to vote that year (one year short). But after watching the news coverage of the DNC’s nomination of McGovern and the voting on party platforms, I thought that the donks turned the corner and went Commie. I was hoping that Scoop Jackson would get the nomination instead. Little did I know that I was already becoming a conservative.