Funny, when *I* asked McGOVERN to withdraw, he didn't heed!1 [View All]

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From the beginning of my all-Dem voter's career I realized that only a candidate who WINS will have a legacy. All of our NOBLE losing candidates----every dang one of whom was smarter, more honest, more visionary, ------are worthless, because even the "moderate" or, GASP, a Center Dem who WINS will have a huge impact in appointing people up and down the food chain who will, each one of them, push parts of the Dem agenda for years or even a generation to come.

So, while I luerve all of our Dems of whatever stripes and certainly have voted for every last one of them, I have ever yearned for electability.

So in '72, I wrote a letter to McGOVERN, telling him how much I admired him but that the most important thing was to BEAT NIXON, and that I didn't believe he could beat NIXON, so, please withdraw and let whatEVER Dem take the slot who had a better chance.

He (it was signed by him, too bad I lost it), wrote back saying that he believed he understood the issues and that he believed he had a good chance to win, so thanks and bye.


It wasn't till years later that I heard about his distinguished military record. His campaign was built around catering ("pandering") to a select group of anti-war ------ANTI-MILITARY---- young people, and instead of street-smart using his military record to advantage in his campaign, he thought he had to play it down for his base.


So I laughed when some MSRNC yakker said, "As McGOVERN goes, so goes-----McGOVERN!1"



And to all flamers around here, do you really think you "win" something with your juvenile attacks on everybody, especially on other Dems?!1