Word: mcgovernism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Defensively, Holy Cross is strong. Led by linebacker Rob McGovern (65 tackles) and cornerback Dave Murphy, the Crusaders have guarded their goal line well, allowing an average of less than 10 points per game in their last 22 Division I-AA contests...
Linebackers: McGovern, McGovern he's their man. If he can't do it, Maruca can. Rob McGovern leads the team in tackles with 65. He gets help from two-year starter Chris Maruca. They'll be tested when Tony Hinz comes out of the Harvard backfield to catch passes...
...long, slow decline. The Republicans, by contrast, have successfully cast themselves as the party of stand-tall patriotism and vigilant anti-Communism. As the hawkish Republican Congressman Newt Gingrich of Georgia put it, "If this election is between George Bush and someone who is more liberal than George McGovern, we win. If it's an election between two competent leaders, we lose...
...George McGovern said he was behind Eagleton 1,000%. Will you make a similar statement about Quayle...
Reagan says "You'll never hear that 'L' word--liberal--from" Dukakis, and he's right. Dukakis says this election "isn't about ideology." George McGovern isn't on the ballot this year. And George Bush won't be facing Fritz Mondale come November. He'll be facing a competent, hardworking statesman not far from the mainstream of American politics. Republicans won't win by pinning labels on Dukakis...