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To End War in Afghanistan, Reinstate Military Draft?

Brent Green | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Military Lottery, Vietnam War, Draft, Theodore Sorensen, Taliban, George Mcgovern, Afghanistan, Karzai, Barack Obama, Diem, Politics News
Brent Green

U.S. invasions of Vietnam and Afghanistan have eerie similarities. Both had ill-defined military goals, especially exit strategies, making them seemingly endless.

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Counterfeit 'Public Option' Holds Americans Hostage to Inflationary Private Insurance Costs

Michele Swenson | Posted 11.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Blue Dogs, Jacob Hacker, Kip Sullivan, Comprehensive Coverage, Cost Control, Health Care Reform, Congressional Revolving Door, Physicians for a National Health Program, Market-Based Public Option, Medicare-for-All, Stephie Woolhandler, Health Care Lobbyists, Public Option, George Mcgovern, Don McCanne, Pharmaceutical Lobbyists, Deficit Hawks, Politics News
Michele Swenson

Democratic leaders have short-circuited the reform "debate" and permitted the process to be hijacked by health insurance and pharmaceutical industries.

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Mr. President, Can the Ghosts of Vietnam Talk You Down?

Dan Siegel | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lessons in Disaster, Afghanistan, Vietnam War, LBJ Vietnam, Audacity of Hope, President Obama, Ted Sorensen, Daniel Ellsberg, Stanley Karnow, Afghanistan War, George Mcgovern, Politics News
Dan Siegel

Dear Mr. President: It is stunning to me that a humane and discerning mind like yours is being dragged further into an unnecessary and unwinnable war. Please listen to your inner compass.

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George McGovern: Get U.S. Troops Out Of Afghanistan

Truthdig | Narda Zacchino | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Afghan War, President Obama Afghanistan, President Obama Afghan War, Afghanistan, George McGovern Afghanistan, President Obama, George McGovern Afghan War, U.S. Troops, Afghanistan Troops, George Mcgovern, George McGovern Afghanistan Troops, Politics News

George McGovern has some advice for President Barack Obama: Get U.S. troops out of Afghanistan. "I'm convinced that war is going to turn sour. I'm co...

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Taylor Branch To Reveal "The Clinton Tapes"

GQ | Wil S. Hylton | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Bill Clinton, 1964 Civil Rights Bill, Monica Lewinsky, Hillary Rodham Clinton, George W. Bush, Martin Luther King Jr., George Mcgovern, Fidel Castro, Richard Nixon, Vietnam War, Whitewater, Taylor Branch, Katherine Graham, Lyndon Johnson, Politics News

It has been nearly forty years since three young Democratic activists named Bill Clinton, Hillary Rodham, and Taylor Branch moved into a small apartme...

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Even Camelot Needed Health Care

Michael Winship | Posted 09.28.2009 | Home

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Politics, S-Chip, Health Care Reform, George Mcgovern, Joe Biden, Paul Begala, Rose Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy, Chris Matthews, Barack Obama, Sargent Shriver, Home News
Michael Winship

Despite their grossest and most callow foibles and failings, among the three younger Kennedy brothers there was a deep, moral -- and literal -- concern for the nation's health.

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Nixonland: Murder in the Cathedral

Peter Schwartz | Posted 09.19.2009 | Books

Read More: Richard Nixon, 1960s, History, Publishing, Republicans, American History, Democrats, George Mcgovern, Books News
Peter Schwartz

Nixonland reads like nothing more than an undergraduate thesis. It is sprawling, poorly written, and ham-handed analytically.

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Hunger Is A Winnable Battle

Josette Sheeran | Posted 06.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Global Hunger, Wfp, Senator George Mcgovern, Little Red Cup, World Food Programme, George Mcgovern, Living News
Josette Sheeran

In the two years I've been head of the World Food Programme, I've learned a number of things. Most importantly, however, is that a winnable problem that we can all help solve.

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Sarah Palin: Thomas Eagleton, the Sequel

Richard Gizbert | Posted 10.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Palin Troopergate, Thomas Eagleton, McCain Palin, Palin Bridge to Nowhere, Troopergate, Sarah Palin Pregnancy Scandal, Palin Withdraws, Sarah Palin Thomas Eagleton, Sarah Palin Vice President, George Mcgovern, Sarah Palin Pregnant Daughter, Palin Drops Out, Palin Eagleton, Palin Pregnancy, Sarah Palin, Palin Trooper Scandal, Sarah Palin Reaction, Politics News
Richard Gizbert

I'm going to break a self imposed rule that says always allow breaking news to settle before deciding what it means and predict Sarah Palin will withdraw from the Republican ticket.

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The Poetry Of A Political Speech

John Lundberg | Posted 10.01.2008 | Living

Read More: Gerald Ford, William Butler Yeats, Barack Obama, Speeches, Politicians, Michelle Obama, George Mcgovern, Living News
John Lundberg

Presidential nomination acceptance speeches surely aim to create great quotes, not to repeat them. So I should have figured that when I went digging ...

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DNC Memorable Moments (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Convention, Dnc, Bill Clinton, Dan Rather, Al Gore, Barack Obama, George Mcgovern, Politics News

Political conventions never fail to make headlines --especially these days when headline grabbing seems to be their primary purpose-- but long after t...

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Sam Stein

McGovern To Obama: In Choosing VP, First Do No Harm

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics

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Former Democratic presidential candidate George McGovern has a piece of advice for Barack Obama in his search for a vice president: first and foremost...

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Hunter Thompson Would Have Been for Obama

Darrell Hartman | Posted 07.07.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Tom Wolfe, Gonzo Journalism, Barack Obama, Hunter Thompson, Hunter S. Thompson, Hubert Humphrey, George Mcgovern, Movies, Entertainment News
Darrell Hartman

Documentarian Alex Gibney, who, after making a film about Thompson for the last two and a half years, says he feels pretty confident declaring Obama would have been Thompson's man.

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Clinton Camp Hammers Obama Over Popular Vote, Raises Specter Of McGovern

The Huffington Post | Posted 06.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Howard Wolfson, Barack Obama, 1972, Popular Vote Argument, Hillary Clinton, George Mcgovern, Politics News

Politico's Mike Allen reports that the Clinton campaign continues to hammer the argument over Clinton's alleged popular vote lead: Howard Wolfson tel...

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Is Pennsylvania a Microcosm of America?

Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pennsylvania Primary, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Barack Obama, George Mcgovern, Politics News
Andy Ostroy

Are the Democrats once again ready to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory? In Obama, there is a real danger that the party sends to the general election another George McGovern.

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New Republic: Obama's Coalition Shifting From Moderates To McGovern-esque

The New Republic | Posted 05.01.2008 | Politics

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Hillary Clinton won a decisive ten-round decision over Barack Obama in Pennsylvania's Democratic primary, but she didn't score a knockout. The struggl...

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What Obama Owes Bill Clinton

Jordan Michael Smith | Posted 04.08.2008 | Home

Read More: Bill Clinton, Clinton, Racism, Hillary Clinton, Obama, Republicans, Race, Democrats, Barack Obama, Offthebus, Democrats Crime Policy, Chain Reaction, GOP Race Issue, Democratic Party Welfare Issue, Democrats Race Policy, George Mcgovern, Frank Rich, Democrats 1990s Race, GOP Policy Crime, GOP Crime Issue, GOP Welfare Issue, GOP Policy Race, GOP Policy Drugs, Thomas Edsall Chain Reaction, Horton Dukasis Race Issue, Paul Krugman, Home News
Jordan Michael Smith

Despite the nastiness directed at him, however, Obama should be thanking Bill Clinton for one thing: his campaign nomination is unthinkable without him.

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McGovern: Hard to Elect Female President

AP | MARY CLARE JALONICK | Posted 04.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Mcgovern, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton 2008, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Former Sen. George McGovern, the 1972 Democratic presidential nominee, said Tuesday it would be easier for a black man to be electe...

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George McGovern: Time To Impeach Bush

Washington Post | George McGovern | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Articles of Impeachment, Impeach Bush, Democrats Impeachment, Impeachment, George W. Bush, Impeach Cheney, George Mcgovern, Dick Cheney, Impeach, Cheney, Politics News

As we enter the eighth year of the Bush-Cheney administration, I have belatedly and painfully concluded that the only honorable course for me is to ur...

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