George McGovern
Posted at 12:48pm on May 7, 2008 McGovern endorses Obama, asks Clinton to quit
By Neil Stevens
So today, former Presidential nominee George McGovern has asked Senator Clinton to quit the race, and endorsed Senator Obama as the Democratic nominee.
Nobody told him that Presidential losers aren't superdelegates, and that the superdelegates are supposed to prevent him from happening again, I guess.
Posted at 11:06am on Apr. 22, 2008 And Senator Obama breathes a sigh of relief.
This isn't one of his guys.
By Moe Lane
Unless George McGovern's switched recently, that is.
Some years ago, I was on one of the networks with former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, one of the chief architects of the war in Vietnam. But the reason I was on television that night is he had just come out with a new book saying that the war was not only it was a mistake, in his words it was a tragic mistake. Well, in the course of that three-way discussion, which included in addition to Secretary McNamara and myself, Sen. John McCain. And in McCain's first opening remarks, he said, well we all know that George McGovern knows little about national defense.
Let me tell you what I would say to John McCain: neither of us is an expert on national defense. It's true that you went to one of the service academies but you were in the bottom of the class. It's true that you were a pilot in Vietnam, that you were shot down and spent most of the war in prison and we all sympathize with that and honor you for your courage. But you and I both had these battle experiences, you as a Navy fighter plane, I as an army bomber. I am not going to criticize your war record and your knowledge of national security but I don't want you criticizing mine either.
If I'd be allowed just one little dig at Senator McCain, since he gave me. I would say, 'John, you were shot down early in the war and spent most of the time in prison. I flew 35 combat missions with a 10-man crew and brought them home safely every time.'
(Via The Campaign Spot)
:shrug: Democrats.
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Posted at 1:20am on Mar. 8, 2008 Stop The Presses
By Pejman Yousefzadeh
Gobsmackingly stunning. Next, we'll hear that McGovern endorses McCain.
Not that McCain would want that, of course.
Posted at 12:08pm on Jan. 7, 2008 Remember George McGovern? He's aging, but he's ticked at Bush/Cheney.
The man's still stuck in war protest gear.
By Mark Kilmer
Welcome to the song:
Long as he wants to go opposite to the foe
We'll stay with the old man wherever he wants to stay
Long as he stays away from the battle's fray
Because we love him, we love him
Especially when he keeps us on the ball
That’s Irving Berlin, apropos of George McGovern's this, from an op/ed in Sundays Washington Post:
I have not been heavily involved in singing the praises of the Nixon administration. But the case for impeaching Bush and Cheney is far stronger than was the case against Nixon and Vice President Spiro T. Agnew after the 1972 election. The nation would be much more secure and productive under a Nixon presidency than with Bush. Indeed, has any administration in our national history been so damaging as the Bush-Cheney era?
Scratching your head? Well, don't. George McGovern is still fighting yesterday's war:
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