There is a strong tendency in the United States to rally round the flag and their troops, no matter how mistaken the war.

McGovern born in 1868 was pastor of the local Wesleyan Methodist Church there. In October 2006 the $8. McGovern recognized the mixed results of his 1972 candidacy saying "We made a serious effort to open the doors of the Democratic Party – and as soon as we did half the Democrats walked out.

He was elected to the U. Re-elected Senator in 1968 and 1974 McGovern was defeated in a bid for a fourth term in 1980. As the first director of the Food for Peace program in 1961 McGovern oversaw the distribution of U.