George McGovern just never had a chance back in '72..Kind of an anomaly, though--
a very left-of-center record on the domestic side...and being from S. Dakota.
Still--he bucked the unions on S. Dakota's right-to-work laws--he supported them.
I recall AFL-CIO head George Meany blasting him over that..
As for Obama--forget that--most left-leaning voting record in the Senate; then he selects Biden--someone with the 34d most liberal record. Yeah, they'll capture the center!!
George McGovern: the greatest president we never had. And still don't have. Obama is hardly another McGovern, no matter what the Obamoids delude themselves into thinking.
In a normal election year McGovern would have been directly competitive with Nixon. 1972 was anything but. McGovern was sabotaged at the Democratic convention by his rivals, particularly Hubert Humphrey. Then he flubbed his vice presidential choice, partly because of how his options narrowed at the convention. When Eagleton's mental illness revelations came out, McGovern then aggravated it by flip-flopping, first standing by him, then dumping him. Sad way for a good candidate to tank.
the problem is that blue-collar working class whites are by and large insecure people afraid of intelligence, excellence and anything to different. they need to hear america is #1 in everything--meanwhile they elect rich right-wingers who screw them each time.
The big mistake. That was G.S. McGorvern for the Democrats in 1972. Popular by the left wing of the Democrats. But not by the mainstream voters! The candidate who wins the majority of the mainstream votes wins the elections. McGovern lost big time! The wrong candidate for president! But a honest and nice man!
I consider myself a social democrat, but McGovern lost in '72 precisely because instead of courting the union/blue collar/working class vote, he allied himself with a bunch of spoiled bourgeoisie hippies and bohemian feminists. As a result, the bulk of what seemed like his natural electorate gravitated to Nixon and McGovern and his granola coalition went home with their tails between their legs.
Sometimes a person can make a statement that, even if you ever had any respect for him, and I didn't, henceforth validates his lunacy. McGovern's was in 1972: "No one has the right to live on inherited wealth". Who is he, or anyone, to say what anyone has a right to live on? As idiotic as Gloria Steinam's from about the same time at SMU: "I'm embarassed at not ever having had a venereal disease". Only from the left...
George McGovern was ahead of his time
yovtobe 10 months ago 2
McGovern got the whipping he deserved. He would have been a disaster for the country. I voted for Nixon that year and I'd never regret it.
knicklas48 1 year ago
Hahahaha.. I guess not.
NYerintransit 3 years ago
George McGovern just never had a chance back in '72..Kind of an anomaly, though--
a very left-of-center record on the domestic side...and being from S. Dakota.
Still--he bucked the unions on S. Dakota's right-to-work laws--he supported them.
I recall AFL-CIO head George Meany blasting him over that..
As for Obama--forget that--most left-leaning voting record in the Senate; then he selects Biden--someone with the 34d most liberal record. Yeah, they'll capture the center!!
km2711 3 years ago
George McGovern: the greatest president we never had. And still don't have. Obama is hardly another McGovern, no matter what the Obamoids delude themselves into thinking.
Whoo69 3 years ago 13
@Whoo69 So true!
jmkpns 1 year ago
In a normal election year McGovern would have been directly competitive with Nixon. 1972 was anything but. McGovern was sabotaged at the Democratic convention by his rivals, particularly Hubert Humphrey. Then he flubbed his vice presidential choice, partly because of how his options narrowed at the convention. When Eagleton's mental illness revelations came out, McGovern then aggravated it by flip-flopping, first standing by him, then dumping him. Sad way for a good candidate to tank.
dblissmn 3 years ago 6
the problem is that blue-collar working class whites are by and large insecure people afraid of intelligence, excellence and anything to different. they need to hear america is #1 in everything--meanwhile they elect rich right-wingers who screw them each time.
citileft 3 years ago 2
That's affirmative.
RandallFlaggNY 3 years ago
Come home, America! This time from Iraq
Whoo69 3 years ago
The big mistake. That was G.S. McGorvern for the Democrats in 1972. Popular by the left wing of the Democrats. But not by the mainstream voters! The candidate who wins the majority of the mainstream votes wins the elections. McGovern lost big time! The wrong candidate for president! But a honest and nice man!
AndreasAntoniusMaria 3 years ago
big ears
rollerfairy182 3 years ago
George McGovern would have been a great President. Amazing what difference 2 weeks can make. Thank You very much HST.
Conrad4President 3 years ago 4
I consider myself a social democrat, but McGovern lost in '72 precisely because instead of courting the union/blue collar/working class vote, he allied himself with a bunch of spoiled bourgeoisie hippies and bohemian feminists. As a result, the bulk of what seemed like his natural electorate gravitated to Nixon and McGovern and his granola coalition went home with their tails between their legs.
FranklyMisterShankly 4 years ago
Sometimes a person can make a statement that, even if you ever had any respect for him, and I didn't, henceforth validates his lunacy. McGovern's was in 1972: "No one has the right to live on inherited wealth". Who is he, or anyone, to say what anyone has a right to live on? As idiotic as Gloria Steinam's from about the same time at SMU: "I'm embarassed at not ever having had a venereal disease". Only from the left...
NDrLoR 4 years ago
I am proud to have voted for George McGovern when I was 18 in 1972. It was the best vote I ever cast.
Fruth37 4 years ago 14