Off-Topic :
Fairfax Underground
Welcome to Fairfax Underground, a project site designed to improve communication among residents of Fairfax County, VA. Feel free to post anything Northern Virginia residents would find interesting.
Welcome to Fairfax Underground, a project site designed to improve communication among residents of Fairfax County, VA. Feel free to post anything Northern Virginia residents would find interesting.
George S. McGovern, Democratic nominee who lost to Nixon in ’72, dies at 90
Posted by:
ferfux
()
Date: October 21, 2012 12:52PM
George S. McGovern, the three-term senator from South Dakota who carried the Democratic Party’s liberal banner in the Vietnam War era, launched a star-crossed bid for the presidency in 1972, and energized many of the leading Democrats of the past generation, died Sunday at a hospice in Sioux Falls, S.D. He was 90.
Family spokesman Steve Hildebrand confirmed the death to the Associated Press. The cause was not disclosed.
In a public career spanning more than five decades, Sen. McGovern may be best remembered as a presidential candidate of near-epic futility, in which he lost 49 of 50 states. The senator’s liberal agenda — supporting civil rights and anti-poverty programs and strongly denouncing the Vietnam War — were critical to his landslide defeat to President Richard Nixon. But those views also helped define the future vision of the Democratic Party.
Family spokesman Steve Hildebrand confirmed the death to the Associated Press. The cause was not disclosed.
In a public career spanning more than five decades, Sen. McGovern may be best remembered as a presidential candidate of near-epic futility, in which he lost 49 of 50 states. The senator’s liberal agenda — supporting civil rights and anti-poverty programs and strongly denouncing the Vietnam War — were critical to his landslide defeat to President Richard Nixon. But those views also helped define the future vision of the Democratic Party.
Re: George S. McGovern, Democratic nominee who lost to Nixon in ’72, dies at 90
Posted by:
dum
()
Date: October 22, 2012 11:58AM
source?
Re: George S. McGovern, Democratic nominee who lost to Nixon in ’72, dies at 90
Posted by:
RIP George
()
Date: October 22, 2012 12:05PM
WW 2 hero (35 bomber missions) and had the ability to see in 1963 what a debacle Vietnam was going to be. His memorable quote: "Why do old men find wars for young men to die in " Sounds like the kind of guy I would like to be able to vote for in 2 weeks.
Re: George S. McGovern, Democratic nominee who lost to Nixon in ’72, dies at 90
Posted by:
Some people are stupid
()
Date: October 22, 2012 12:23PM
You want a source? Use Google you fucking moron.
Re: George S. McGovern, Democratic nominee who lost to Nixon in ’72, dies at 90
Posted by:
all-is-revealed
()
Date: October 22, 2012 02:35PM
Obviously ferfux is the source if he posted it without attribution. If I Google any part of his post I shouldn't find any results at all other than his post here.
Oh, I just checked it and got lots of hits. That means the poster asking for source was dead-on, kudos.
Oh, I just checked it and got lots of hits. That means the poster asking for source was dead-on, kudos.
Re: George S. McGovern, Democratic nominee who lost to Nixon in ’72, dies at 90
Posted by:
ferfux
()
Date: October 22, 2012 06:13PM
The democrats shunned his agenda from 72. Then they have slowly realized that they need to get to the middle and get votes. its all good. George M was a good man and his heart was always in the right place. He fought the good fight till the end. Working to end world hunger and war. Famine and War are two of the biggest challenges facing mankind since its inception and he tried to alleviate those things from this world.
Re: George S. McGovern, Democratic nominee who lost to Nixon in ’72, dies at 90
Posted by:
whatUsaid
()
Date: October 22, 2012 07:10PM
go here and hit play on the little audio sample.
http://www.nature.com/news/the-whale-that-talked-1.11635
you now understand the sound in my head whenever I read a ferfux post. i wonder if he sounds like that in real life
http://www.nature.com/news/the-whale-that-talked-1.11635
you now understand the sound in my head whenever I read a ferfux post. i wonder if he sounds like that in real life
Re: George S. McGovern, Democratic nominee who lost to Nixon in ’72, dies at 90
Posted by:
Ito
()
Date: October 22, 2012 07:15PM
whatUsaid Wrote:
-------------------------------------------------------
> go here and hit play on the little audio sample.
>
> http://www.nature.com/news/the-whale-that-talked-1
> .11635
>
> you now understand the sound in my head whenever I
> read a ferfux post. i wonder if he sounds like
> that in real life
I heard this story on the BBC today. Pretty cool. Definitely the "Canary of the Sea".
-------------------------------------------------------
> go here and hit play on the little audio sample.
>
> http://www.nature.com/news/the-whale-that-talked-1
> .11635
>
> you now understand the sound in my head whenever I
> read a ferfux post. i wonder if he sounds like
> that in real life
I heard this story on the BBC today. Pretty cool. Definitely the "Canary of the Sea".
Re: George S. McGovern, Democratic nominee who lost to Nixon in ’72, dies at 90
Posted by:
Yucky24.
()
Date: October 23, 2012 04:39AM
Typical Democrat.
Votes for the war then acts like they were opposed to it from the beginning when public opinion polls start to flip.
Votes for the war then acts like they were opposed to it from the beginning when public opinion polls start to flip.