George McGovern, 1922-2012

Today we mourn Senator George McGovern. And we ask ourselves this question:

Can you imagine if McGovern had become president? Can you imagine a world without Watergate, without yellow ribbons, without Madison Avenue-induced patriotism? Can you imagine a world that wasn’t hungry?

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But he did not. And the reelected Richard Nixon became the most influential philosopher in Washington. Years later, we got the Iran-Contra affair, and then the myth of Iraq’s WMD, waterboarding, and as of now Obama’s kill list.

Isn’t it right, Richard?

 

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