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Comments on: Adlai Stevenson, the last real progressive candidate
https://occasionalplanet.org/2013/03/05/adlai-stevenson-the-last-real-progressive-candidate/
Progressive Voices Speaking OutThu, 14 Mar 2013 03:08:00 +0000
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By: Arthur Lieber
https://occasionalplanet.org/2013/03/05/adlai-stevenson-the-last-real-progressive-candidate/#comment-2730
Thu, 14 Mar 2013 03:08:00 +0000http://www.occasionalplanet.org/?p=22815#comment-2730It’s not shame to be corrected by Mr. Sorkin. I think that you are very correct about George McGovern. The “Minnesota Twins” of Humphrey and McCarthy both seem to be a bit tainted in their own way, but McGovern was brilliant, honest, and congenial, much like Stevenson. Interesting how all of those mentioned in this discussion, including Barack Obama, are from prairie states.
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By: Steve from Olivette
https://occasionalplanet.org/2013/03/05/adlai-stevenson-the-last-real-progressive-candidate/#comment-2729
Thu, 14 Mar 2013 03:01:00 +0000http://www.occasionalplanet.org/?p=22815#comment-2729Excellent article, Mr. Lieber, and there is much to admire about Adlai Stevenson. He is still my 88-year old father’s favorite politician! But, I do have to disagree with the headline that says he is the “last real progressive candidate.” Some might say that Humphrey (although dragged down by the war and by comparison to McCarthy and RFK) and Mondale were pretty progressive, but the one post-Stevenson candidate who definitely was a true progressive was George McGovern. On the war, civil rights, environment, reproductive choice, and other important issues, McGovern was an unrepentant liberal! Let’s not forget the Prairie Populist!
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