Spectators watch from Queens as fireworks are launched over the East River and the Empire State Building on July 4, 2021. (John Minchillo/AP) “Come home, America.” That was the theme of the ...

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Senator George McGovern would have celebrated his one-hundredth birthday this year on July 19 th.This summer also marks fifty years since he received the 1972 Democratic Nomination for President ...

If Donald Trump refuses to give a concession speech, ... When Nixon won in 1972, it was Democratic Sen. George McGovern’s turn to concede.

If Donald Trump refuses to give a concession speech, ... When Nixon won in 1972, it was Democratic Sen. George McGovern’s turn to concede.

George McGovern (1972) • Nixon was re-elected in 1972, during the height of the Vietnam War. ... In his concession speech, Kerry spoke of his call to the president: ...

Some have been humble and gracious, others not so much. “A few have been petulant,” Farris said, mentioning Barry Goldwater’s 1964 concession to Lyndon Johnson and George McGovern’s 1972 ...

The most important part of a concession speech, ... (Landslides, on the other hand, may lead to rowdier speeches like Barry Goldwater’s in 1964 and George McGovern’s in 1972, ...

Senator George McGovern’s 1972 concession speech provides the basic structure: 1) The loser announces they have contacted and congratulated the winner. "I have just sent the following telegram ...

And, one candidate, George McGovern, ... President George H. W. Bush's 1992 concession speech to Bill Clinton, for example, was textbook: "Well, here's the way I see it.

In his concession speech, Kerry spoke of his ... shall be able to go on with the business of building a better America we all seek in the spirit of peace and harmony.”George McGovern (1972) ...

Back in 1972, when I was a teenager, I campaigned my heart out for Sen. George McGovern, who ran hard to the left of the other Democratic candidates in the presidential primaries.