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Family Says Ex-Sen. George McGovern ‘No Longer Responsive’

Oct. 17, 2012 6:00pm Jason Howerton

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The family of ex-U.S. Sen. George McGovern says the 90-year-old is “no longer responsive” in hospice care.

McGovern’s family issued a statement Wednesday afternoon through Avera McKennan Hospital.

His daughter, Ann McGovern, earlier told The Associated Press that her father is “nearing the end” and appears restful and peaceful. She says it’s a blessing that she and other family members are able to be with him.

McGovern was the Democratic presidential candidate who lost to President Richard Nixon in 1972 in a historic landslide. He was a member of the U.S. House from 1957 to 1961 and a U.S. senator from 1963 to 1981 and led the leader his party’s liberal wing during that time.

In recent years, he turned his focus to world hunger.

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ohblies
Posted on October 19, 2012 at 9:53pm
Keep an eye on this one – I’m betting his vote is counted in November.

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thom1
Posted on October 18, 2012 at 8:03pm
I didn’t like his politics but he was honest. Liberal at that time ment a whole different thing than today. I hope his family finds peace.

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JESUSISSTILLLORD
Posted on October 18, 2012 at 1:14pm
“and led the leader his party’s liberal wing during that time.” Not taking the time to proofread makes you look like the AP.

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Waco.Jim
Posted on October 18, 2012 at 9:43am
too bad he apparently won’t be here until after the upcoming 2012 presidential election. he could have had a beer summit with BHO to commiserate on their historic losses and feel each others pain.

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squeegeeman
Posted on October 18, 2012 at 9:40am
good man, crappy politics.

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savagenatn
Posted on October 18, 2012 at 8:25am
horss a**. His last day above ground can’t come soon enough.

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- napoleon_solo
  Posted on October 18, 2012 at 9:07am
  What a small, mean thing to say.
  
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izukiddin
Posted on October 18, 2012 at 8:12am
Was he ever?

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- SocialistSlayer
  Posted on October 18, 2012 at 9:25am
  My thoughts exactly – I can’t remember a time when he ever was “responsive” !
  
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Smoke Ranch
Posted on October 18, 2012 at 12:31am
I didn’t care much about his poltics but I liked the man. I always thought of him as a class act. As I think of all WW II vets.

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- bobdiamond
  Posted on October 18, 2012 at 5:43am
  I agree, he was a politicain who said what he believed and didn’t try to hide it in lies. Read political commentary at: http://smallcraftadvisorychronicles.blogspot.com/
  
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I_DIAL_1911
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 11:49pm
What a perfect time to check out. Thinking you’re checking out of a greatest COUNTRY in the world… with hopes and dreams for your kids and theirs… in the land of the free. GOD HELP US in NOVEMBER.

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- sillyfreshness
  Posted on October 18, 2012 at 2:48am
  I like your user name! Too funny. Yeah McGovern is checking out during the Obama “dreams of my Marxist father” era, making America a nightmare. Our nation will fail-all to fulfill our president’s “dreams” from his radical, alcoholic, polygamist, Marxist, deadbeat father.
  
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nonofmybiznez
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 10:10pm
So sorry to hear this news. May his family and friends be comforted by wonderful memories.

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piper60
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 9:23pm
This makes 3.

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TrUe.AmEriCaN
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 8:31pm
Nothing, feel nothing at all for this guy. As for Specter……………………………..Nothing, Nope, I dont feel nothing at for him either.

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- Elena2010
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 11:39pm
  McGovern served/flew in the bomber corps during WWII. He is a hero who loved America.
  
  It does not mean I agree w/his policy views, but I respect him and his courage.
  
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- SocialistSlayer
  Posted on October 18, 2012 at 9:27am
  McCain was a Captive in Vietnam – a Republican (in Name Only) and also a loser ! Serving in the Military does not automatically make you a Patriot !
  
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- Dismayed Veteran
  Posted on October 18, 2012 at 10:53am
  Slayer
  
  I don’t know if serving in the military makes you a patriot. I do know that it makes you a person who could very well die for the country. I also know that bomber crews in WWII had the highest per capita death rate than any other service.
  
  I never suppported McGovern and voted against him. I just don’t see any need to display vitrol about his life and, soon, death.
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on October 18, 2012 at 12:21pm
  Not sure if bomber pilots or mechant sailors on liberty ships had it worse. Both had it bad. Toss up I think.
  Some bomber crew had to be rescued by Wehrmacht & Luftwaffe personnel from civilians. At one time Luftwaffe personnel had to rescue bomber personnel from Gestapo.
  
  So even if you survived a downed plane, it was still dicey.
  
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Tired of Code Names
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 8:10pm
I am sure his family will miss him and as Christians we should pray for his family. He meets the real judgement now. One should hope that he became aware of salvation and sanctification prior to his death. It’s too late to pray for that now.

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- rickc34
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 8:23pm
  Yes. God is not willing that any should perish and that all should come to repentence. As long as there is breath in the body there is hope for salvation.
  
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- Tired of Code Names
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 9:20pm
  @rickc34
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 8:23pm
  Yes. God is not willing that any should perish and that all should come to repentence. As long as there is breath in the body there is hope for salvation.
  The thing that drives and makes me struggle as a Christian is I know what I should do, and do not do it well. Nobody is perfect and the left points out that I don’t. However, their justification is that we are are not perfect That’s all they have. The real simple point here is that at least we Christians try to do the correct thing. Of course that is “out of style now”. Just ask my two son’s who were confirmed in the conservative Lutheran faith. Secularism appears to be very appealing.
  
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woodyee
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 7:58pm
McGovern is no longer responsive. Well, at least he’s still being consistent, damn commie bass turd…

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762x51
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 7:52pm
Just like the vile Arlen Specter, good riddance.

One less liberal means that the world is a little better place. Two down, 150M to go. I’m gonna need more bullets.

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rickc34
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 7:39pm
Call upon The Lord as the darkness surrounds you and let his light guide you home. My condolences to his family.

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uffda
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 7:12pm
Senator McGovern is a brave and courageous man. He was a pilot and won the Distinguished Flying Cross. Yes he was a leftist, and I voted for the other guy,,,and look how that turned out. As a Republican and someone whose faith has always guided her, I will not malign or use harsh words. God Bless You Senator as you prepare for your final journey. Peace be with you, your family, and your friends.

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Detroit paperboy
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 6:51pm
Yeah, and after his political career he failed in the hotel business, he blamed it on government red tape and regulations, how fitting for one of the biggest BIG GOVERNMENT liberals ever………….

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- Walkabout
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 7:00pm
  “He preached as a United Methodist student supply minister at Diamond Lake Church in Mundelein, Illinois during 1946 and 1947, but became dissatisfied by the minutiae of his pastoral duties
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  Preferring to focus on broad policy matters and speeches, McGovern was not a master of Senate legislative tactics, and developed a reputation among some other senators for “not doing his homework”.
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  In terms of ideology, McGovern fit squarely within modern American liberalism; through 1967 his ADA senate score was 92, and when lacking specific knowledge on a particular matter, he would ask his staff, “What are the liberals doing?”"
  
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_McGovern
  
  Paperboy are you surprised that he failed or failed to plan? Or failed to look up the minutiae?
  
  A PHD in History can be a very dangerous things. One has a hammer & everything looks like a nail. He need a complete tool box (Economics, psychology, etc.).
  
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chips1
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 6:46pm
He must have watched Obama last night.

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- woodyee
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 8:00pm
  Lol!
  
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thegreatcarnac
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 6:40pm
I am sorry when some people die. On McGovern’s death…..I am neutral. This guy was/is so left wing that they will bury him with a red star stamped in his forehead.

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Walkabout
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 6:38pm
McGovern was a WWII B-24 bomber pilot in the european Theater. Back then they flew by wire. Not wire like we have nowadays, but cables. It built up your arms fast.

So something good said about George.

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- PATTY HENRY
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 7:02pm
  Exactly. He served AMERICA in the way he thought it should be served and he LOVED America, not like the dope in the WH now, but as a man who was born, lived, fought for, raised kids, served in office.
  Blessings to Him and His Family.
  
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- woodyee
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 8:02pm
  Sorry friends, but he served America and then discovered politics. From then on, he served himself.
  
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- flyoverbob
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 8:22pm
  If he flew B-24′s then say what you will but he certainly had a set to do that.I remember him as a flaming liberal,but not many had the courage to do what he has.
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 9:27pm
  McGovern did the right thing in WW2. For that I am grateful.
  
  But like John McCain you can be physically courageous at one point in your life & then not have the fortitude to do the right thing. He dislike details. So he cribbed other people’s ideals. He had compassion yet, he didn’t run the numbers or study human psychology enough.
  
  He was the Food for Peace Director (a goodwill Ambassador) under the Kennedy Administration. It says we fed 1 in 5 Indian children. It did not seem to have any effect. At that time India stayed more a less on friendly terms with USSR. Only after beating their head against the wall 2 or 3 decades did they come to the conclusion that maybe the U.S.’s way was better than the Soviet’s way. Point is that George had compassion & like to soeak in general terms. Details were tedious. I have contempt for that. The devil is in the details. If it were not, there would be very little in the way of differences.
  
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- drs1969
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 11:07pm
  I think McGovern ran against Vietnam in ’72. That’s more than can be said for McCain, who wanted to bomb Iran 4 years ago. Beware the Military-Industrial Complex, and the bankers!
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on October 18, 2012 at 12:14pm
  Bankers can make many during peacetime. Why do you think bankers make more during wartime?
  
  Are you an armchair economist?
  
  Have you taken even one economics class?
  
  Did you read Das Kapital?
  
  Parting shot: We did in Afghanistan what was denied us in South Vietnam by a shameful Democrat Party controlled congress. And Hollywood was so pleased they made a movie about it starring Tom Hanks.
  
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BlackCrow
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 6:15pm
He was “not responsive” in 1972! Yes I am old enough to remember that Communist and the whipping he took against Nixon. I hope Obama looses as big.

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Mr.Fitnah
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 6:10pm
Not much has changed in 2 decades.

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- Teufel Hunden
  Posted on October 17, 2012 at 7:29pm
  What two decades? It’s been 4 decades right on the dime.
  
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