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Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts) Fri Apr 3, 2015, 05:48 AM Apr 2015

Dear GOP...

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Dear GOP... (Original Post) Drunken Irishman Apr 2015 OP

That's why I voted for him. Enthusiast Apr 2015 #1

George McGovern was a courageous American who would have been a GREAT President ... Martin Eden Apr 2015 #2

Yes. McGovern had excellent qualifications. He was very appealing. Nixon, on the other hand was not. Enthusiast Apr 2015 #3

The "liberal" media was complict, then as now Martin Eden Apr 2015 #4

Thanks. Enthusiast Apr 2015 #6

Great scene, saw it recently after many years. So true it's unsettling. McGovern would have appalachiablue Apr 2015 #8

Republicans were very successful at making McGovern look like a caricature.... marble falls Apr 2015 #5

True. Enthusiast Apr 2015 #7

First vote I ever cast (I had just turned legal) - raven mad Apr 2015 #9

Enthusiast

(50,983 posts)

1. That's why I voted for him.

Reply to Drunken Irishman (Original post)

Fri Apr 3, 2015, 06:57 AM

Apr 2015

The fact that he was a WWII bomber pilot that participated in some of the most dangerous missions of the war was completely lost on the media. The media was terrible even back then.

Martin Eden

(12,867 posts)

2. George McGovern was a courageous American who would have been a GREAT President ...

Reply to Enthusiast (Reply #1)

Fri Apr 3, 2015, 07:19 AM

Apr 2015

... and he lost to Richard Nixon in a landslide??!!!

Tricky Dick did not win on the basis of merit, policy, or qualifications. He had help.

Enthusiast

(50,983 posts)

3. Yes. McGovern had excellent qualifications. He was very appealing. Nixon, on the other hand was not.

Reply to Martin Eden (Reply #2)

Fri Apr 3, 2015, 07:42 AM

Apr 2015

Yet McGovern lost in a landslide.

Do you suppose they were manipulating the results of elections even then?

I suppose the MIC couldn't stand losing their wonderful war.

Martin Eden

(12,867 posts)

4. The "liberal" media was complict, then as now

Reply to Enthusiast (Reply #3)

Fri Apr 3, 2015, 08:44 AM

Apr 2015

I just watched an old film last night, one I hadn't seen in decades: Network with Faye Dunaway, William Holden, and Peter Finch. If you haven't seen it, or don't remember it well, I regard this film as an absolute must-see because it has more relevant truth packed into it than any other work of fiction I can think of. The scene where the corporate head of the TV network (played by Ned Beatty) lays down the law of the world to the mad prophet of the airwaves (Peter Finch) is not to be missed:

Enthusiast

(50,983 posts)

6. Thanks.

Reply to Martin Eden (Reply #4)

Fri Apr 3, 2015, 10:11 AM

Apr 2015

I don't remember it well. I need to watch it now.

appalachiablue

(41,132 posts)

8. Great scene, saw it recently after many years. So true it's unsettling. McGovern would have

Reply to Martin Eden (Reply #4)

Fri Apr 3, 2015, 07:48 PM

Apr 2015

been great, wonder if I'll see another liberal Dem. Potus, doubtful. Once on PA Ave near the National Archives and the Dept. of Justice I walked right past McG. on the sidewalk, couldn't miss him, distinctive, tall.