One expects it to appear somewhere, and there it is: It stares from the tired, joyless eyes of George McGovern. Except for those sad eyes he ... busts and pictures, of presidents whose tenets ...

Former U.S. Senator and 1972 presidential candidate George S. McGovern (b. 1922 ... remembers the native South Dakotan with a series of photos by LIFE’s Bill Eppridge, made on the campaign ...

The ironic thing about George ... McGovern had lost. After all, everyone they knew was voting for him, right? That should tell you something about how insular Berkeley can get sometimes. A sad ...

A phone call from George McGovern. It was late 2003 and I’d had no contact with him since the disastrous supersad election night of 1972 in Sioux Falls, S.D. I was covering the presidential ...

George McGovern ... 1972 category: McGovern's Acceptance Speechtext: At the Democratic National Convention in 1972, McGovern stressed the importance of shoring up America's image both at home ...

PHOTOS: George McGovern Through the Years The McGovern campaign was also a teaching moment in the dangers of not properly vetting a running mate. It dropped Sen. Thomas F. Eagleton from the ticket ...

If anyone was entitled to regrets, it was George McGovern ... he was never able to craft a positive image. McGovern's supporters, including many young people drawn into politics by his idealism ...

But when Republicans destroyed the 1972 presidential candidacy of George ... McGovern's moving acceptance speech, "Come Home, America," into the wee small hours when no one was watching. With ...

PHOTOS: George McGovern 1922-2012) “George McGovern dedicated his life to serving the country he loved,” President Barack Obama said in a statement Sunday. “He signed up to fight in World ...

McGovern opposed the Vietnam War, ran for president against Nixon in 1972. Oct. 21, 2012— -- George McGovern, longtime senator from South Dakota and 1972 Democratic presidential nominee, died ...