October 7, 2007 12:49 PM
McGovern: "Ladies first"
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By M.E. Sprengelmeyer
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Irony followed Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton to a show barn at the Johnson County fairgrounds on Saturday night.
She made a big splash at the local Democratic Party's fall barbecue when she led 85-year-old George McGovern to the stage to give her a rousing endorsement there among the hay bales.
"I hope I live long enough to see a black president in the White House," McGovern told the crowd, alluding to Clinton's leading rival, Sen. Barack Obama. But McGovern quickly added: "We have an old rule of courtesy in the United States: Ladies first!"
McGovern's crackling voice brought the house down, because he's a progressive movement icon, fondly remembered in this crowd for his anti-Vietnam War stands and for taking on one of the most reviled Republicans, former President Richard Nixon, in the 1972 presidential contest.
But some also remember that in that election McGovern suffered one of the most lopsided defeats in U.S. history, leaving Nixon in the White House and Democrats demoralized.
His appearance with Clinton was ironic, because it came shortly after four of her Democratic competitors had taken to the same stage, some offering veiled warnings about the single biggest question that keeps hanging over her front-running candidacy.
Can Clinton win?
For the REST OF THE STORY, see Monday morning's unisex paper edition of the Rocky Mountain News and Scripps Howard News Service.
View image Photo by M.E. Sprengelmeyer
View image Photo by M.E. Sprengelmeyer
October 8, 2007
9:07 AM
genuine ricardo writes:
eli, great comment, full of hope and peace. you don't get much of that in GOP discourse. but bless them all the same. they'll be sitting out this election.
roni, even though mccain is a warmonger, i think he might be the best the GOP can do this time around. at least he has a certain degree of integrity.
m.e., even though i don't support her candidacy, your anti-hillary bias bugs me. for instance, are you going to have me believe that the picture of her in this post isn't a crafty type of political skullduggery? it was just a coincidence that the word "liar" is clearly framed in such a way to make "hillary" into a "liar". yeah, right. this blog is so obama-centric. and another thing, what's with the reference to the "unisex" edition of the RMN? i'm not sure but it sounds kind of anti-family to me.
October 7, 2007
8:19 PM
Roni Bell writes:
When listening to "adults" talking about ALL candidates, my 13 year old granddaughter said it best: "This is messed up."
32 people in the southeast corner of CO cast their vote. The results:
Rep. Ron Paul (9) - write in Sen. Fred Thompson (5) - Mayor Rudy Giuliani (3) - Rep. Duncan Hunter (2) - Write in Kimmi Lewis (2) - Sen. John McCain (2) - Sen. John Edwards (2) - Sen Hillary Clinton (1) - Rep. Tom Tancredo (1) - Gov. Tommy Thompson (1) - Other (1) - Someone (Anyone)else (1) - None of the Above (1) - Very undecided (1).
Fred Thompson, Mike Huckabee and Rudy Giuliani have been of interest to me - until I took some kind of a test - and it revealed I am more closely aligned to John McCain.
You heard it here first; Hillary Clinton and Barak Obama have it charted he'll be her running mate. They'll make this big concillatory announcement - showing how "big" they are ya da, ya da. Count on it!
For sure, I'll take Martha Stewart's advice to "leave her (Hilllary) alone," and not vote for her. That too, is a given.
October 7, 2007
4:35 PM
Eli Chairez-Clendenin writes:
October 7, 2007
4:31 PM
WIN/WIN WITH DEMOCRATS.
DEMOCRACY HOLDS THE KEYS !
Kudos To Democrats from Denver CO!
Just as long as it's a Democratic National Convention Party (Fiesta!) ...
America is going to be better off!
Republicans had done everything possibble to destroy our founding fathers' promise--
That we would become One Nation 'Under God'...You know, One-America.
!VIVA! !DEMOCRATS!
!VIVA! !DEMOCRACIA!
The Republic Of Democracy, Yeah!
I, would like to extend my gratitude to all of the presidential candidates--to all of you that are Democrats that is. I still will be rooting for RICHARDSONFORPRESIDENT.COM even if he becomes Vice President this would truly be sweet for The UNited States as well as for our Middle Eastern Neighbors!
May God Bless Americans and
The Middle East --Alike!
Communities for Global P.e.a.c.e!
Amen.
Eli Chairez-Clendenin (CO)