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One Bright Shining Moment - The Forgotten Summer of George McGovern (Trailer) (Original Post)
Guy Whitey Corngood
Oct 2012
OP
No wonder as a small child I was marching in his parade.... Because I am too...
midnight
Oct 2012
#2
riverwalker
(8,694 posts)1. what a devastating loss
"I'm fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in
― George S. McGovern
midnight
(26,624 posts)2. No wonder as a small child I was marching in his parade.... Because I am too...
"I'm fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in
― George S. McGovern
rwsanders
(2,606 posts)3. I was a kid during this election, so what happened?
What dirty trick did the right pull to take this one? Everyone looks so energized. Was this when Nixon was secretly negotiating with Vietnam or was that a different election?
Douglas Carpenter
(20,226 posts)4. a great film worth seeing in full
his 1972 acceptance speech which unfortunately happened in the wee hour of the morning and seen by far to few was one of the great political speeches of the modern era
here it is in full: