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George McGovern's Biography

George Stanley McGovern (born July 19, 1922) is a former United States Representative, Senator, and Democratic presidential nominee. McGovern lost the 1972 presidential election in a landslide to Richard Nixon. As a decorated World War II combat veteran, McGovern was known for his opposition to the Vietnam War.

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    Fort Collins : CO : USA | about 1 month ago

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  • Blog Source: web-app.usc.edu | 3 days ago
    Senator George McGovern is the author of a recent biography, Abraham Lincoln. From Publisher's Weekly: “In this modest, fluent bio, part of the American Presidents Series, former Democratic senator and presidential nominee McGovern ...
  • Blog Source: www.westernjournalism.com | 3 days ago
    The party activists on the left were so upset with mainstream candidates that in an effort to purify their party they pushed it so far to the left that they nominated the very liberal George McGovern for President. ...
  • Blog Source: daddybstrong.blogspot.com | 3 days ago
    George McGovern was courageous. Now, he's speaking again. In Truthdig, an online progressive magazine with some of the best journalists around, McGovern has this advice for President Obama: Get out of Afghanistan. Check it out. ...

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