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Tragic liberal presidential candidate George McGovern lost horribly to Richard Nixon in 1972 and then became an Elder Statesman and endorsed Hillary Clinton like all the other Elder Statesmen in 2007. But now it is 2008, so it is time for Hillary to go under the bus along with Tom Eagleton. George McGovern officially hearts Barack Obama, the McGovern of the 21st Century! MORE »

Way back in 1846, a hallowed tradition was born in the great state of Iowa, because Iowans hated voting. They did, however, love to stand around and eat sandwiches. Thus was born the Iowa Caucus. But nobody really noticed what the Iowans were up to until 1972, when George McGovern’s insurgent campaign against Democrat frontrunner Ed Muskie needed some weird stunt to distract Muskie’s staffers. MORE »

You almost feel sorry for Rudy when he’s trying to explain his less-than-palatable libtard history to the Republican base. And then you remember that he’s Dick Cheney on a higher dosage of vengeance pills. And while he can’t shake away questions about his support for the rampant annihilation of fetuses or his nurturing of the taco taco Mexicans in NYC, the explanation he offers for his McGovern vote in ‘72 should keep the naysayers at bay: I voted for McGovern, but I wanted to vote for Nixon. MORE »