My heart is with Bernie Sanders. His passion for the common person, opposition to neo-cons’ love of war, and acceptance of science with the concomitant need to act on it represent my views better than any other candidate for decades.
My head however remembers another candidate who was most like Sen. Sanders, and that man is George McGovern.
McGovern captured the hearts and minds of a young generation. He pointed America in the direction of a new era of peace and prosperity. However, even though he was a decorated bomber pilot in World War II, his views were painted as detrimental to the country, even anti-American. Coupled with some campaign miscues, such as the vice presidential fiasco, and Nixon’s dirty tricks, the result was an electoral college disaster, and Nixon carried 49 states.
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