George McGovern: Cheney is wrong about me, wrong about war

Los Angeles Times by George S. McGovern | Apr. 25, 2007 (Opinion)
The 1972 presidential nominee strikes back at the vice president for comparing today's Democrats to the McGovern platform.

VICE PRESIDENT Dick Cheney recently attacked my 1972 presidential platform and contended that today's Democratic Party has reverted to the views I advocated in 1972. In a sense, this is a compliment, both to me and the Democratic Party. Cheney intended no such compliment. Instead, he twisted my views and those of my party beyond recognition. The city where the vice president spoke, Chicago, is sometimes dubbed "the Windy City." Cheney converted the chilly ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - Apr 25, 2007 - 9:07 AM PDT
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 by Marty Heyman - Apr. 25, 2007

George McGovern is the man who ran. Hitting out at his record begs for a response from a feisty and articulate politician. And they got it.

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 by James Jackson - Apr. 26, 2007
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 by Dale Penn - Apr. 25, 2007

Eloquent rebuttal by McGovern - who reads Cheney and Bush like a book.

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 by Fabrice Florin - Apr. 25, 2007
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 by Ben Ross - Apr. 25, 2007

Sounds like a response to Lee Iacocca's, "Where are all the leaders?".

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 by Jennifer Williams DeBruhl - Apr. 25, 2007

It is magnificant when compared to much of what passes for journalism these days when the policy of the white house is to deny, lie, and fail to comply withthe express wishes of the american electorate. Here there are pointed and appropriate facts to supply the authori's point of view. Bush and Cheney seem to be unable to see the truth.

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