Tag: George McGovern

Wrote this a few years back at my old blog. Sad day with the passing of George McGovern who was never ashamed to admit he was a liberal. Back in 1972, when I was a sophomore in highschool, I first became acquainted with presidential campaigns and candidates by helping to…

Rest in Peace… George Stanley McGovern, a staunch liberal who served South Dakota in the U.S. Senate and House for more than two decades and who ran unsuccessfully as the Democratic Party nominee for president in 1972, died Sunday at the age of 90, his family said. “Our wonderful father,…