George McGovern died this morning. I hope one of my favorite commenters, russpoter, will forgive me for straying from the tax reservation to reminisce, again.  McGovern was the first candidate I voted for in a Presidential election. It is tough to make judgements like this when your own life is so tangled up with the events of the world, but I think it is reasonable to say that the 1972 election was the end of an era. America was much more divided then, although som...
George McGovern died this morning. I hope one of my favorite commenters, russpoter, will forgive me for straying from the tax reservation to reminisce, again.  McGovern was the first candidate I voted for in a Presidential election. It is tough to make judgements like this when your own life is so tangled up with the events of the world, but I think it is reasonable to say that the 1972 election was the end of an era. America was much more divided then, although som...
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