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James Bovard on the Peace Corps
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My first presidential vote was for George McGovern in 1972. I agreed with him then and I agree with him now. People change.
How libertarian was he long ago? If he changed, when and why?
I had to double check to make sure this was written by THE George McGovern. From what I understand he actually opened a business sometime after leaving political office and got a dose of reality about dealing with Big Gov.
If the tub is more baby than bathwater, we should think twice about dumping everything out.
He has a very nuanced position on abortion, to say the least.
George McGovern did open a business, a hotel or bed and breakfast I believe, and discovered that government often got in the way of business. He said something to the effect that had he known as a politician what he discovered as a businessman, he would have changed his positions on a number of issues.
He also told Larry King in January of 2007 that he voted for Republican Gerald Ford over Democrat Jimmy Carter in 1976
Did George get more Libertarian or did everyone else get more paternalistic?
OK. He's got my vote for President this year...Let's start producing those "McGovern in '08" bumper stickers...
Thanks for the comment. After reading Martin Feldstein's article on the same page of the Wall Street Journal and not liking what I read, I totally skipped George McGovern's article thinking there would be nothing worth reading. I was wrong. I especially liked the last paragraph about responsibility and preserving choice. I would only add the obvious, that Washington is taking our money and making worse economic choices than those from which they are pretending to protect us.
George proves the theory that most conservatives are former liberals who were mugged,either by a crook or the government. It was the Government in George's case.