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Feanorcurufinwe

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Fri Oct-31-03 02:04 PM
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12. It is impossible to calculate how different our world would be if McGovern

had won. In 1972, truly progressive ideas and the path of peace, were much more mainstream than they are today. Congress was solidly Democratic. McGovern could have made some real progress. Instead we had Nixon, the Watergate coverup and the ensuing disillusionment of the populace.

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