I will always be proud of that.

and voted Democratic every election since ...

we are professing our ages here 😐

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And, yes, we are admitting our age. But what the heck. (Though I would not have been able to vote in '72 if the age had not been lowered - that buys me a couple years!)

I met him at the 04 Democratic convention and told him he was the reason I cast my first vote.

Also the first presidential campaign I worked for as a volunteer. A truly underappreciated senator and person.

Who maybe would have been the greatest president of the 20th century if he had not escalated Vietnam. I've voted Republican for a few local offices and a representative but never ever for President.

Johnson got hoodwinked by the Rostow and Dulles brothers and the ghost of Joseph McCarthy.

...the *democratic* party that it is today.

My freshman year, I got to write a paper about the reforms in delegate selection that it brought about. It was a revolutionary event in our party's history.

One of my favorite stories about him was late in the '72 campaign when they knew it was hopeless he was descending from a stage and a young rethuglican was haranguing him as he walked down the steps. McGovern got right up next to him, leaned in, and said, "Kiss my ass."