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In reply to the discussion: Which Democratic non president do you most regret and why? [View all]coalition_unwilling
(14,180 posts)4. Much as I wanted to vote for Bobby Kennedy, I voted for
George McGovern.
Had McGovern won with a Dem Congress and Senate, we might have gotten a Guaranteed Annual Income program that provided a real safety net for all citizens regardless of their employment status. That would have marked our maturation as a liberal democracy.
Now that I've cast my vote for McGovern, though, I'm realizing that Bobby Kennedy would have probably ended the war in Vietnam in 1969. That would have been good for a whole lot of Vietnamese, Cambodians and other southeast Asians, not to mention the 1000s of American soldiers who died and were wounded after January 1969.
Great poll, by the way. Maybe the best one I've ever seen on DU.
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I went with Gore because I think our world would be much more dramatically improved if he had won...
HuckleB
May 2012
#14
I agree. So much damage could have been avoided including one of America's biggest mistakes, Iraq.
deacon
May 2012
#31
Since you said "came close to the nomination" I've gotta go with people powered Howard.
ScreamingMeemie
May 2012
#15