Happy 90th Birthday to George McGovern!

[WI_DEM]

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[Aristus]

1. Salute to a great man!

[calimary]

4. Indeed!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Happy 90th Birthday to George McGovern!

They broke the mold when they created him...

[freshwest]

6. +1

[coalition_unwilling]

3. If only we'd had McGovern's Guaranteed Annual Income when

the 2008 financial crisis hit, we would not have had near the suffering here.

Oh well.

[Rowdyboy]

5. A hero and an American institution....

From a time when Democrats occasionally made you proud....

[pa28]

7. Great man.

I had the honor of meeting him 20 years ago (!!???) when he paid a visit to my University Democrats group.

I won't gush about it but we were all deeply impressed and left wondering how Nixon could possibly have won. Now that I'm older and more cynical I've answered the question.

[renate]

8. Happy birthday to a great man!

[colorado_ufo]

9. Happy Birthday!

I hope that I am still around to wish you a happy 100th!

[Rhiannon12866]

10. K&R! Is he really?! Wow!

Many happy returns of the day to a great American and wishing him many more!

[Iwillnevergiveup]

11. Happy to rec, happy to kick

and happy to wish Senator McGovern a most happy birthday. Imagine a McGovern/Shriver ticket! WOW!

[Raine]

12. HAPPY BIRTHDAY to a Very SPECIAL Man! nt

[hfojvt]

13. "Since I was a kid, I've wanted to run for President in the worst way

and now I have."

So he was "only" 58 when he was defeated in his 4th run for the Senate, and 50, my age now, when he ran for President.

At 37.52% he took a lower percentage of the vote than Barry Goldwater, although slightly better than Alf Landon at 36.54%. Sorta showed that many voters as well as the "establishment" would abandon the Democratic Party if our candidate was too far to the left.

McGovern was one of my Senators for most of my childhood. I remember stopping at his office when we visited DC in 1975, not that we met him. Nor did I ever see him at the SD State Fair, which was held in my hometown.

[Douglas Carpenter]

14. indeed happy birthday to the living conscience of the Democratic Party - It was 40 years ago this

week that he became the Democratic nominee for President of the United States:

[limpyhobbler]

15. Happy B-day k/r !

[sookade]

16. Happy Birthday

Happy BirthDay

[Douglas Carpenter]

17. here is Sen. McGovern's Facebook page for those who would like to leave a happy birthday note:

link:

https://www.facebook.com/#!/george.mcgovern.18

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[WI_DEM]

18. Thanks!

[Douglas Carpenter]

23. /

[Motown_Johnny]

19. Happy Birthday just doesn't cut it, so I make this offering

with the best of intentions

[hifiguy]

20. Happy birthday, Senator McGovern!!

When I was 16 I donated five bucks to the McGovern campaign.

A great American and a true patriot. I humbly salute you, sir.

[wendylaroux]

21. Happy Birthday George McGovern!!

The best of the best. Good,good person.

Still have my McGovern for president pin.

[Douglas Carpenter]

22. another kick for the great man on his 90th birthday

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