Look Who’s Giving Advice

Well, this looks like backwards thinking.

George McGovern, the former senator and Democratic presidential candidate, said Thursday that he will meet with more than 60 members of Congress next week to recommend a strategy to remove U.S. troops from Iraq by June.

If Democrats don’t take steps to end the war in Iraq soon, they won’t be in power very long, McGovern told reporters before a speech at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Let’s review McGovern’s legacy from the 1972 election against Nixon (Democratic states are in red).

1972

I’m not sure he’s the best guy to bring in on a consult.

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