George-Mcgovern RIP

[Tangled up in Blue]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/oct/21/george-mcgovern

He was a thoroughly decent man.I saw him speak in a US election debate at the North American Institute here back in the 80's.
Also remember wearing a "Don't blame me,I voted for McGovern" t-shirt(just a year after the Watergate break in)while I was driving an ice cream truck in Ohio during my student days.Had to take it off after a day or so, as it didn't prove too popular with (most of the) locals.

 

[Napster]

Had to take it off after a day or so, as it didn't prove too popular with (most of the) locals.

You surprise me. I had you down as a populist.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

You surprise me. I had you down as a populist.

What suprised me, was that even in a so called liberal part of Ohio(not far from Cleveland),the t-shirt attracted a lot of negative comments, even from black punters.Just goes to show that nobody likes to be proved wrong.
Also remember, I was on 25% commission for ice cream sales.No sales,no money.:winking:

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/oct/21/george-mcgovern

He was a thoroughly decent man.I saw him speak in a US election debate at the North American Institute here back in the 80's.
Also remember wearing a "Don't blame me,I voted for McGovern" t-shirt(just a year after the Watergate break in)while I was driving an ice cream truck in Ohio during my student days.Had to take it off after a day or so, as it didn't prove too popular with (most of the) locals.

Was it the smell?

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Was it the smell?

:raspberry:Hardly.I've always been a shower a day man,even back then.

 

[Reg Martin]

:raspberry:Hardly.I've always been a shower a day man,even back then.

Only the upper-middles classes took daily showers in the 70s. Us plebs were still having the occasional bath.:tease:

 

[Swiss Tony]

Only the upper-middles classes took daily showers in the 70s. Us plebs were still having the occasional bath.:tease:

6 o'c sunday bath,now that was a bummer,then listened to Sing something simple on the radio, aaaaaaaahhhh.

 

[Rusty Shackleford]

Commie Douchebag, no loss at all. Pretty much everyone voted for Nixon in '68, and having this pinko pantywaist in the Democrat seat wouldn't have changed that. For you misinformed peaceniks (ie Barnaby), the Democrats started the Vietnam War, and Tricky Dicky managed to get out of it.

 

[OldBlueLady]

Sorry, personally don't feel any need to mourn a US politician who never served at the highest level. Didn't even remember the name!

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Only the upper-middles classes took daily showers in the 70s. Us plebs were still having the occasional bath.:tease:

FYI,Charlie it was hot in Ohio that summer and I was staying with a nice Jewish family(of English extraction,definitely middle class by English standards).IIRC,they didn't have a bath downstairs(where we were staying),only a shower.:smile:

 

[Thorpe Groyney]

Sorry, personally don't feel any need to mourn a US politician who never served at the highest level. Didn't even remember the name!

Then don't contribute to a thread that is mourning his passing.