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Related: About this forumSen. Kerry's statement on George McGovern's passing
"George McGovern was a voice of clarity and conviction at a time when America needed it most. He spoke to many of us who opposed the war but loved our country, because he was the genuine article, a soft-spoken, decent and gentle man who lived a remarkable life with humility, a decorated bomber pilot who never bragged about his own heroism, even as he ran into the buzzsaw of the negative and destructive politics that marked the Watergate era. He never stopped caring about things like peace, hunger, poverty, and fairness, whether they were in political fashion or not, and history will record, to paraphrase the old saying, that George McGovern may not have been President, but George McGovern was right."
Insight , wisdom and graciousness.
(And, but for a few details, also not a bad description of Sen. Kerry himself)
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Sen. Kerry's statement on George McGovern's passing (Original Post)
MBS
Oct 2012
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wisteria
(19,581 posts)1. Very nice and well put. n/t
YvonneCa
(10,117 posts)2. Nice statement. It does describe...
...Senator Kerry as well.
karynnj
(59,942 posts)3. Wonderful statement
George McGovern was the first person I voted for for President - and until 2004, the vote that I was most emotionally attached to and happiest to have cast.
As others noted, there are so many things that were the same as JK. One difference that made the loss even harder was that, in spite of the uneven playing field, 2004 was so very close.
karynnj
(59,942 posts)4. Both the Boston Globe and a SF paper see the similarity between McGovern and Kerry