Comments on: Is George McGovern Senile?

By: Brown Line

Brown Line — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 18:25:09 +0000

McGovern was a pilot during WWII. He flew a B-24 over Europe – a brave man doing a hell of a tough job.

I believe that discussion of George McGovern should stop with that fact. His descent into foam-flecked-lips radicalism is a disgrace and a pity. Given that McGovern’s published opinions will have exactly zero effect on the course of governance in our nation, it’s best that those opinions be passed over in silence.

By: pst314

pst314 — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 02:28:42 +0000

Rhod 8:05 AM wrote: “his idea of victory was still to better an old woman.”

Here’s that story, or at least Time Magazine’s take on it, in their July 19, 1972 issue:

“Well, early in the campaign a commercial flight was held for me about ten minutes. When I boarded, I went down one side and up the other apologizing to the passengers for detaining them. The last person was this old biddy. When I stopped by her, she said, ‘Get out of here.’ And I said, ‘Well, I just wanted to tell you I was sorry that I delayed the plane.’ She said, ‘Well, you’re a terrible person.’ And I leaned over and said very quietly, ‘Well, you’re the biggest horse’s ass I’ve met in the campaign.’ I had a great feeling of elation. It was such a good, clean shot.”

By: MarkD

MarkD — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 15:05:42 +0000

I pray that these fools would impeach. There won’t be a conviction, and the Democrats would face another twenty years of antipathy for such blatant stupidity.

I still think Clinton should have been removed from office for perjury, but the Senate failed to convict him and the Republicans paid a big price. The majority of Americans obviously disagreed with me.

Having seen that outcome, it is difficult to believe that anyone is going to seriously pursue impeachment against a president who won re-election despite the difficulties in the war. It would be seen, rightly, as a blatant attempt to nullify an election.

We couldn’t possibly be that lucky.

By: Ripper

Ripper — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:57:11 +0000

Scott I was 19 years old in 1972. I remember it well. I remember hearing about Watergate and I recall the isolationist convention of 1972. I also recall that Nixon won 49 states and never mentioned McGovern’s name.

By: Rhod

Rhod — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:11:02 +0000

I agree, Web. He should have kept his cake hole shut permanently.

By: Webutante

Webutante — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:06:16 +0000

At the risk of sounding like a lunatic, let me say, George McGovern probably is senile because he eats too much sugar and carbs and helped start the public trend that’s led to exponential increases in obesity, heart disease and dementia in this country….no really.

He headed the Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs back in 1973 when the competing paradigms of nutrition and its effect on obesity, disease and even senility came to a head. At his hearings, the old paradigm that carbs were bad and dietary fat was fine was supplanted by the new paradigm of eat more carbs and fiber, and avoid all dietary fat like the plague. So he must be the vctim of his own dogma which was without data schtick.

If you can bear to hear more, I’ll have something for you all soon.

By: Rhod

Rhod — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:05:05 +0000

During McGovern’s run for the nomination, I read an interview with him in Esquire, or Time, when both mags were credible. It struck me that he devoted a lot of talk to an encounter he had with an elderly woman on an airplane, whereby she told him he was a horrible man and he countered with some insult I’ve forgotten. He then was published as saying (recalled, maybe not completely accurate)…”I loved it; it was such a good clean shot.” McGovern was a pilot in WWII, and his idea of victory was still to better an old woman. The man is worthless.

By: LarryD

LarryD — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 14:10:21 +0000

IANAL, but here’s a quick Con Law 101 (Impeachment):

Impeachment is a political process, not a criminal one, so technically Congress can Impeach (and convict) any officer of the US Government for any reason whatsoever. As long as both houses can agree to it. In practice, they take their constituents wishes in to account. A lot. Since Impeachment is political, that is as it should be.

Since only a small but noisy faction of the Democrats want Bush Impeached, this is really a headache for the Democrats. Especially since this is campaign season.

And the Democrats really don’t want the electorate to fully understand Impeachment, lest the electorate realize that Impeachment could be used to, say, remove the remaining Kelo Justices from SCOTUS.

By: scott

scott — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 14:00:24 +0000

Ripper said it well…1972 was the demise of liberal anticommunism,personified by HHH and Scoop Jackson.That proud tradition was trampled underfoot by Jesse Jackson,Tom Hayden,Bella Abzug,Shirley Maclaine,et al..a political freak show topped off by “Come home,America…”
Does anybody else remember watching that fiasco?I was 14!

By: Lem

Lem — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:46:30 +0000

For some time now it’s been understood by constitutional scholars that presidential powers and prerogatives are at their zenith during war time. The exigencies of a war, requires it to be just so.

While our enemies plot to kill us, key provisions of the patriot act languish on committee; McGovern would have a virtual government shutdown to have congress conduct an admittedly (stayed out of calls for Nixon’s) political show-trial.

Our enemies perceive us to be weak, an impeachment trial would hand them a victory.