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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
... partners at the national employment
law firm, Jackson Lewis LLP. Also participating were George McGovern, the
former United States Representative, Senator, and Democratic presidential
nominee, and Home Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus. Mr. McGovern published an
opinion piece in The Wall Street Journal on August 8, 2008 articulating why
EFCA threatens democracy as we know it in this...
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Althouse (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
She's taking bets on what day Palin will drop out: Did John McCain just repeat George McGovern's fatal mistake? How long will Palin stay on the ticket? Will McCain recover any better than McGovern? It had nothing to do with Eagleton's particular problems, but how McGovern came to choose him, failed to adequately vet him, and then waffled when the problems arose, effectively costing...
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corksphere (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
Scott Ritter and Ray McGovern , two of the most respected analysts and journalists in the United States, talk about how foreign nations will look at GOP veep pick Sarah Palin and GOP presidenital choice John McCain on the IRAQ WAR. This is a compelling video is well worth the time to watch as these two foreign policy experts discuss Sarah Palin and John McCain. Ray McGovern dissects what...
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Red Orbit (Free subscription) | yesterday
Jon Iszard, the Museum's president and CEO, added that this theater experience brings a new dimension to science education. "Being able to offer science in 4D speaks directly to the tech-savvy youth of today as well as giving parents, educators and museum-goers an opportunity to encounter science and health in both an educational and entertaining way. And in the McGovern 4D Theater, you not...
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New York Times (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
The lesson from George McGovern’s campaign was that a vice-presidential candidate should be thoroughly vetted — a lesson apparently neglected by Senator John McCain.
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Fimoculous.com (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
The original plan was to wear my MCGOVERN '72 t-shirt for the entire convention, but now I'm just wearing it strategically .
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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
... it all in 4D for the first time in
Houston, Texas.
On Saturday, September 6, The John P. McGovern Museum of Health &
Medical Science, also known as The Health Museum, will premiere its second
permanent addition in three months, since the museum's opening in 1996, The
McGovern 4D Theater. The opening of the McGovern 4D Theater will also mark
the introduction of theater technology...
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The Daily Dish (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
One recalls something about history and repeats and farces: Perhaps Senator McCain knew everything that has, with dizzying suddenness, emerged about his vice presidential pick, Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska — that she was a director of a political committee...
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Althouse (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
... apoplexy can possibly be called a mistake. said... Hey, Eagleton meme-pushers. You know McGovern said "If had it to do over again, I’d have kept him."Yeah? So what? I think you miss the point of the analogy. So what would happen if Barack Obama's wife belonged to an anti-American 3rd party that claims to hate the United States? What kind of shit storm would ensue? said... So what would happen...
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Firedoglake (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
John McCain and his handlers know admitting his Sarah Palin mistake would doom his candidacy. Unless it is simply impossible to continue you with her, for legal or other reasons, it'll be McCain Palin
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democrats.com (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
In 1972, World War II hero George McGovern had to drop his VP nominee, Missouri Senator Tom Eagleton , 17 days after newspapers reported Eagleton's self-hospitalizations for physical and mental exhaustion, which included two electric shock treatments. That was before the Internet. Sarah Palin is being vetted by a virtual army of researchers who are poring over every news story and rumor. In...
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PAXALLES (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
"Obama supporters urged to mention Eagleton" from Marc Ambinder reports that the Obama campaign has told supporters to compare Sarah Palin to Thomas Eagleton, George McGovern's vice-presidential pick and to say that the GOP is concerned about the pick. No...
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The Blog (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
Bob Shrum, the Democratic campaign strategist, is known for two things mainly--his long losing streak in presidential races, including such highlights as McGovern '72, Kennedy '80, and Kerry '04--and the trademark themes of almost every one of these races, "I'll fight for you" and "I'm on your side." We heard a lot of that from McCain tonight. It would be hilariously ironic if the presidential...
