Posted on 03/01/2008 9:54:22 PM PST by DBCJR
...The voice at the end of the line was that of an old friend from Senator George McGovern’s 1972 presidential campaign, who had since become the godfather, at least to some, of the Democratic Party. “ ‘We’ve been with you all these years,’ ” former President Bill Clinton said, according to Mr. Herrera. “ ‘Now the time has come for you to be with us.’ ” Mr. Herrera, who had up to that point been undecided in the Democratic race, promptly pledged his support to the Clintons. “The don never asks for a second favor when the first one has been rejected,” he said. In fighting for a crucial victory in the Texas contest, the Clintons are drawing from a deep network of friendships that was formed 36 years ago, when they were in their mid-20s, not yet married and working around the clock as volunteers for Mr. McGovern’s campaign... In 1998, when Mr. Clinton was in the thick of the Lewinsky scandal, he spoke at a reception in San Antonio for Mr. Mauro, who was running for governor against George W. Bush. “Garry Mauro promised me that if I came to Texas in the wake of all this controversy, I would get a warm welcome,” Mr. Clinton said, to laughter. Mr. Mauro, now the campaign’s state director in Texas, said it was a mix of idealism and loyalty that kept the old hands from 1972 at the center of Mrs. Clinton’s campaign. And when the Clintons came calling, it was hard to resist, he said. “They’re the best networkers I’ve ever met,” he said. More Articles in US » Need to know more? 50% off home delivery of The Times.
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That's not what I've been reading. Most polls show Hillary losing in Texas, tied in Ohio.
Look who’s talking, a Clinton buddy.
“the don” - perfect
We need this fight to go on for a few more months. Then destroy the Clintons.
McGovern only won Massachusetts.
I hope this thing between Hillary and Osama-Obama will split the Democratic Party.
Caliph Barack Blessing Osama, the name Hussein means blessing will be sopken of in the same breath as comrade mcgovern and walter mondull.
Two deflated Marxist retreads affirming their fealty to their lords and masters, Lenin and Marx.
McGovern lost in the worst landslide in history. I am from Texas. This was going to be my first presidential election. The Dems divorced McGovern, literally did NOT suit up for the game. I was a hippie then (before I grew up) and organized Senatorial District 16 for McGovern and Cissy Farenthold, a feminist for governor. If they got the ‘72 team for McGovern in Texas, I don’t know who they got. They didn’t get me, and there weren’t very many others involved.
Go back to sleep.
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