George McGovern

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• 12/13/2020
  

  A Narrow Definition of "Winner" Shouldn't Hide McGovern's Moral Clarity

  by Mike McQuillan

  A former senate aide and campaign volunteer saw George McGovern's moral clarity and decency up close, and says the nation is worse off for branding him a loser after the 1972 election. 

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• SOURCE: TomDispatch
  11/8/2020
  

  Reclaiming American Idealism: We Could Use A Leader Like George McGovern Again

  by William J. Astore

  Since the American voters rejected the antimilitaristic candidacy of George McGovern in 1972 the country has come to tolerate astonishing levels of mass death, of which COVID is only the latest instance.

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• 2/23/20
  

  Is Bernie the New George McGovern?

  by Michel A. Genovese

  One can see close parallels between the 1972 presidential contest and that of 2020. Those parallels do not bode well for Bernie Sanders or the Democrats. 

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• 4-2-17
  

  Bob Dole’s Reward for Endorsing Donald Trump? Trump Wants to Dump Dole’s School Lunch Program.

  by William Lambers

  Food for education is the backbone of generations of peace and development.

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• 2-21-16
  

  These Two Politicians Lost Their Bids for the White House. But They Still Changed History.

  by William Lambers

  Their names? Bob Dole and George McGovern.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  7-30-15
  

  In confession to historian, George McGovern revealed he had a secret child

  SMU’s Thomas J. Knock says McGovern confirmed the story 15 years ago as he was preparing to do research into the presidential candidate’s biography.

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• 7-14-14
  

  We’ve Heard from John McCain. We Need to Hear from Someone Like George McGovern.

  by Mike McQuillan

  “It does not take any courage at all for a Congressman or Senator to wrap himself in the flag and say we are staying in Vietnam,” McGovern said in the Senate, “because it is not their blood that is being shed.”