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GEORGE MCGOVERN, FORMER DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I know the term McGovernite is used as a swear word.
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GEORGE MCGOVERN, FORMER DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I know the term McGovernite is used as a swear word.
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GEORGE MCGOVERN, FORMER DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: I know the term McGovernite is used as a swear word.
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I think that long ago, the sentimental attachment he had as a youth to certain ideas, which might loosely be called McGovernite liberal, which now and then come out even in his more sentimental moments -- all of that, I think, has been replaced by a political calculation that puts running for office in the forefront of his concerns, that makes political viability the key to explaining his actions.
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"McGovernite" proposal, they are pulling out one of the big weapons and they mean no compliment by it.
LJWorld.com stories: News By David Shribman 2009
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But more than a third of a century after his quixotic campaign for president -- he won only Massachusetts and the District of Columbia, spawning thousands of "Don't blame me" bumper stickers at the end of the Nixon years -- Mr. McGovern remains a noun as well as an adjective, and when people talk about a "McGovernite" proposal they are pulling out one of the big weapons and they mean no compliment by it.
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We were old-fashioned AFL trade unionists and were staunchly anti-communist and our members were religious and pro-life; the McGovernite Democrats HATED us and did everything they could to drive us away.
Profiles in fear: ‘conservative’ Democrats and THAT WOMAN. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2009
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Even though in those days I was a McGovernite liberal, I could see Humphrey's economic proposals were madness.
Sowell on Math and Economics, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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"Your party has been captured by the McGovernite wing," the Republicans declared.
Rick Horowitz: No, Really -- Dems Should Party Like It's 1972 2010
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"Your party has been captured by the McGovernite wing," the Republicans declared.
Rick Horowitz: No, Really -- Dems Should Party Like It's 1972 2010
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