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In reply to the discussion: anyone here old enough to remember eugene mccarthy? [View all]ProudToBeBlueInRhody
(16,399 posts)26. It was awful
I was not born, but people really don't realize how much Hubert Humphrey did to transform the Democratic party from the old South to a plank of progression on civil rights as far back as the late 40's.
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My first presidential campaign was for McCarthy; I was still 20 when my friends and I ran the HQ ...
Hekate
Jun 2015
#12
Disappointed Dems said so many nasty things about Humphrey. It was truly self-defeating.
Hekate
Jun 2015
#17
I was too young, but vaguely remember Humphrey being considered second rate at
appalachiablue
Jun 2015
#18