Word: mcgoverns
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...chairwoman of the National Episcopal Peace Fellowship and a staff member for GBPAC, said yesterday that the post-election date for the nationwide action was chosen because, "Regardless of which way the election went we had a cause to raise"--either to demand that Nixon withdraw troops or, if McGovern had won, to demand that Nixon begin implementation of McGovern's policies during his Jame duck period...
Friedan charged that the McGovern headquarters used "extreme intimidation" to change 200 votes against the abortion plank written by women delegates...
...would not trust the polis this time. Sure, McGovern would probably loss. But still, there was a chance, somewhere. There was still that element of "voters unpredictability." I hoped that the election would at least still be close. I expected--or wanted--the outcome to be indefinite until the morning...
Moreover Nixon played upon the basest human emotions when we stirred Americans against busing and amnesty. He distracted us from the real issues with which George McGovern tried to deal, liberty, equality, and the pursuit of happiness for all Americans. In essence, Nixon turned Americans against their own interests...
...only hope that those of us who know right from wrong will continue to year our McGovern buttons and display our bumper stickers symbolizing those ideals for which McGovern stands." Joel Alpert