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Former Sen. Eugene McCarthy, 89, Dies
AP - Yahoo ^
| December 10, 2005
| Frederic J. Frommer
Posted on 12/10/2005 1:09:46 PM PST by EveningStar
Former Minnesota Sen. Eugene J. McCarthy, whose insurgent campaign toppled a sitting president in 1968 and forced the Democratic Party to take seriously his message against the Vietnam War, died Saturday. He was 89.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: 1968; antiwar; eugenemccarthy; goodriddance; mcarthy; mccarthy; obituary; vietnam
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To: EveningStar
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posted on
12/10/2005 1:10:29 PM PST
by
socal_parrot
(Tookie must die)
To: EveningStar
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posted on
12/10/2005 1:11:30 PM PST
by
Tax-chick
("You don't HAVE to be a fat pervert to speak out about eating too much and lack of morals." ~ LG)
To: EveningStar
I hate to admit it, but I voted for Gene.
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posted on
12/10/2005 1:11:54 PM PST
by
Pusterfuss
(Proud member: Minnesotans for Global Warming)
To: EveningStar
First Pryor, and now McCarthy. They both made me laugh.
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posted on
12/10/2005 1:12:03 PM PST
by
Jeff Chandler
(Peace Begins in the Womb)
To: EveningStar
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posted on
12/10/2005 1:12:27 PM PST
by
Pharmboy
(The stone age didn't end because they ran out of stones.)
To: EveningStar
Met him once. Found him disappointing. Didn't strike me as a serious politician. Not until Bobby was killed did he seem to realize that we live in a dark world.
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posted on
12/10/2005 1:12:36 PM PST
by
RobbyS
( CHIRHO)
To: EveningStar
Sorry to hear this. Although I disagree with him on some things, I do recognize that he was a REAL maverick. A lot of McCarthy's views of late were anathema to most of the Democrat party of today.
RIP Eugene McCarthy.
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posted on
12/10/2005 1:13:03 PM PST
by
PJ-Comix
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To: Pusterfuss
I hate to admit it, but I voted for Gene.so YOU were the one?
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posted on
12/10/2005 1:14:31 PM PST
by
digger48
To: Jeff Chandler
That means there is one more yet to be listed for today. For some reason, this stuff always comes in 3s.
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posted on
12/10/2005 1:14:32 PM PST
by
xrp
(Conservative votes are to Republicans what 90% of black votes are to Democrats (taken for granted))
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To: PJ-Comix
Now that he has passed over he can say hello to the 3,000,000 Cambodians his party doomed.
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posted on
12/10/2005 1:15:28 PM PST
by
stubernx98
(cranky, but reasonable)
To: Howlin; onyx; Clemenza; Petronski; GummyIII; SevenofNine; martin_fierro; EggsAckley; Xenalyte; ...
To: EveningStar
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posted on
12/10/2005 1:15:52 PM PST
by
SuperSonic
(Merry CHRISTmas!!)
To: EveningStar
I didn't agree with his politics, but he was a man of principle and he had a fine military record. If I'm not mistaken he was a pilot during the second world war.
God speed.
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posted on
12/10/2005 1:16:10 PM PST
by
lindor
To: xrp
I don't suppose it's bad to hope that the third one ends in "Clinton"?
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posted on
12/10/2005 1:16:50 PM PST
by
thoughtomator
(What'ya mean you formatted the cat!?)
To: EveningStar
To: xrp
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posted on
12/10/2005 1:17:18 PM PST
by
johnny7
(“You have a corpse in a car, minus a head, in the garage. Take me to it.”)
To: socal_parrot
Hmmm. The WABC radio presentation just said that the North Vietnamese scored a military victory in Tet '68. And that was why LBJ decided not to run for reelection. Eugene McCarthy was said to be the beneficiary if not the secondary cause for that abdication (Tet being the prime).
The Viet Cong & North Vietnam won in the hearts (and souls, it is hoped) of news presenters, but even NVN generals & Ho himself admitted they lost except in American news circles - jerks. Thence in hearts/minds of the American herd of citizenry.
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posted on
12/10/2005 1:17:25 PM PST
by
NutmegDevil
(I am not a big fan of income tax, too.)
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