Senator Eugene McCarthy was born in Minnesota on this day in 1916. He died in 2005.
My first memory of Senator McCarthy was 1968, or the year that he shocked the Democrats by doing so well against President Johnson in New Hampshire.
He ran again in 1972 but it was all over by then. McCarthy was "a one-issue" candidate and Vietnam was not a concern in 1972 now that most of the troops were out or coming home.
Some people tried to compare Governor Howard Dean in 2004 to Senator McCarthy. Not really. I think that McCarthy had more class!
My first memory of Senator McCarthy was 1968, or the year that he shocked the Democrats by doing so well against President Johnson in New Hampshire.
He ran again in 1972 but it was all over by then. McCarthy was "a one-issue" candidate and Vietnam was not a concern in 1972 now that most of the troops were out or coming home.
Some people tried to compare Governor Howard Dean in 2004 to Senator McCarthy. Not really. I think that McCarthy had more class!
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