George McGovern, the man who never gave up
When I learned that George McGovern was nearing the end of his remarkable life, I couldn't help but think back to the day in June 1993 when both of us attended the funeral of former first lady Pat Nixon, in Yorba Linda, Calif.www.washingtonpost.com
George McGovern, 1922-2012: A war hero turned servant of peace
George McGovern, 1922-2012: A war hero turned servant of peace. JOEL CONNELL, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Copyright 2012 Seattle Post-Intelligencer.www.seattlepi.com
George McGovern shaped by prairie upbringing
George McGovern, center, arrives in Little Rock, Ark., in early 1972, seeking support for his Democratic presidential nomination.www.usatoday.com
George McGovern's Legacy: From Liberalism to Feeding the Hungry
A liberal icon from a Republican family, symbol of the American progressive movement, and former presidential candidate George McGovern passed today at the age of 90. A war vet and human rights advocate, the former South Dakota lawmaker's legacy is ...abcnews.go.com
George McGovern, former senator and Nixon rival, dead at 90
George McGovern, a longtime liberal icon whose run for the presidency against Richard Nixon in 1972 ended in a disastrous landslide, died early Sunday at a hospice in Sioux Falls, S.D.www.nydailynews.com
George S. McGovern, Democratic nominee who lost to Nixon in '72, dies at 90
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 ...www.washingtonpost.com
George McGovern, proud liberal, dead at 90
WASHINGTON Former Sen. George McGovern, the three-time Democratic presidential candidate who won his party's nomination in 1972 on an anti-war platform but lost in a landslide to President Richard Nixon, has died.www.cbsnews.com
George McGovern, a pacifist who wanted to bomb Auschwitz
WASHINGTON (JTA) -- George McGovern is widely remembered for advocating immediate American withdrawal from Vietnam and sharp reductions in defense spending.www.jta.org
George McGovern, War Critic Routed by Nixon, Dies at 90
George McGovern, the Democratic presidential candidate whose opposition to the Vietnam War and mistake-prone campaign led to his 1972 loss to Richard Nixon in one of the biggest electoral landslides in U.S.www.businessweek.com
The Moral Clarity of George McGovern
EVERYBODY noticed George S. McGovern's decency. Robert F. Kennedy called him "the most decent man in the Senate.www.nytimes.com
Former Senator George McGovern, '72 Democratic presidential nominee, dies at ...
George McGovern, the 1972 Democratic presidential nominee, has died after a short stay in a South Dakota hospice, after what his family termed a "combination of medical conditions.www.foxnews.com
George McGovern, former US senator and presidential candidate, dies
(JTA) -- George McGovern, a former U.S. senator and presidential candidate who said the U.S. government sometimes "bowed to pressure" from a powerful Israel lobby, has died.www.jta.org
George McGovern: His Life and Career, from the Pages of TIME
George McGovern, former Democratic South Dakota Senator and two-time Presidential nominee, died Sunday at the age of 90 after a brief illness.newsfeed.time.com
The Lost World of George McGovern
GEORGE S. McGOVERN is, in some sense, the reason I exist. My parents met as radical community organizers in their early 20s, an idealistic honey-haired student at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a scraggly wannabe farm boy from Brown ...www.nytimes.com
George McGovern's Legacy as a Libertarian Hero
The venerable former senator and failed presidential candidate George McGovern, who died today at 90, is being remembered by many friends and foes alike as the archetypal ultraliberal.www.bloomberg.com
George McGovern, 1922-2012
In the spring of 2008, after Barack Obama's rise was slowed by the late-emerging Jeremiah Wright story, a conservative columnist deployed the most devastating critique in the catechism.www.slate.com
George McGovern, RIP
George McGovern, the Democratic Party's standard bearer for the White House in 1972, has passed away at the age of 90. A native of Mitchell, South Dakota, McGovern had an exemplary military record as an Air Force bomber pilot in the European theater.spectator.org
George McGovern, Democratic Icon and Former Presidential Candidate, Dies at ...
Forty years after losing the presidency in a landslide, George McGovern still tortured himself wondering what he could have done differently to change the outcome.www.thedailybeast.com
Obama remembers McGovern as 'champion for peace'
Obama remembers McGovern as 'champion for peace'. By By The Associated Press - 2 minutes ago. "George McGovern dedicated his life to serving the country he loved. He signed up to fight in World War II, and became a decorated bomber pilot over the ...www.google.com
Sen. George McGovern —famous B-24 Liberator pilot — passes away
Sen. George McGovern —famous B-24 Liberator pilot - passes away. George McGovern, lifetime public servant, passed away today at the age of 90.blog.seattlepi.com
Sunday, October 21, 2012
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