McGovern lost because of one mistake too many (choosing and sticking with Eagleton too long after it was reported that Eagleton had had electrosho
ck therapy a decade earlier to treat depression
), after Democratic disappoint
ment after disappoint
ment (from the deaths of JFK, RFK, MLK to Ted and Chappaquid
lck) in a race with the very Republican
s who invented modern day 'dirty tricks'-ca
mpaigning (Nixon). McGovern's delay in dropping Eagleton from the ticket spelled the end for what would have been a landslide in favor of Democrats for years to come.
Most Americans, when informed on the issues, agree with liberal policies and solutions. The problem is that most Americans are not informed, and are kept ill-inform
ed and in a state of fear just so they will support calls for heavy-hand
ed authoritar
ian rule.
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