Taking On the President - and the Presidency ; with Eugene Mccarthy Came Choice, and a Demonstration of Rarely Seen Political Courage.
The Record, Bergen County, NJ › December 13, 2005
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THE DEATH of Gene McCarthy over the weekend recalls a certain political reality first revealed during the Sixties. To oppose a war by demonstrating against it is not a sign of weakness, not a sign of being a lousy American. Instead, it's among the noblest aspects of a democracy.
How often we were told during the Vietnam War that to oppose the war was to sap the nation of its strength and to send the wrong signal to Ho Chi Minh.See the full content of this document
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Taking On the President - and the Presidency ; with Eugene Mccarthy Came Choice, and a Demonstration of Rarely Seen Political Courage.
But it was a double message then, and it's a double message now during the Iraq war.
The civilian commanders say we fight to preserve our way of life. Part of our way of life is our democratic repu...See the full content of this document
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