Nixon Library's Oral History with George McGovern

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George McGovern recorded interview by Timothy Naftali, 26 August 2009, the Richard
Nixon Oral History Project of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum.
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@baronvonnembles
@baronvonnembles Жыл бұрын
When you watch this interview and then go watch some of the interviews Nixon did in the 1980's and 1990's, you are struck by the fact that both men were reasonable and thoughtful and wanted the same ends even as they favored somewhat different mans. The comity and clarity with which McGovern speaks here is quite refreshing after the teeth gnashing vitriol we have had to listen to over the past 30 years or so.
@dwightlarson6449
@dwightlarson6449 3 ай бұрын
I couldn't agree more with you. He reminds me of my father in so many ways as they were about the same age.....my father's brother died in July of 1944 flying a b24 bomber.....
@conscious-typeperson4583
@conscious-typeperson4583 11 ай бұрын
This was about a year after I got to meet him. Sharp as a tack, right until the end. Amazing man, George was!
@ComedyJakob
@ComedyJakob 2 жыл бұрын
George McGovern, much like Bob Dole, had the unfortunate luck to become nationally well known as an "old" 60 year old, then lived 40 more years after that, thus appearing to have been old for half a century.
@charleswinokoor6023
@charleswinokoor6023 Жыл бұрын
McGovern really was a true patriot and a sensible and sincere man.
@flatonia
@flatonia 7 жыл бұрын
Fascinating and the wisdom and humanity this man displayed is unmistakable.
@s.pearson6887
@s.pearson6887 2 жыл бұрын
Smart, self-effacing, and had the ability to seamlessly recall the context of every issue. I hope to be as alert when I’m 87. To age with honor is to remember more and more as time marches on. We need to remember this when caring for our elderly.
@familykaplan1341
@familykaplan1341 Жыл бұрын
Absoeffinlutely
@henrys5291
@henrys5291 2 жыл бұрын
What an amazing interview from an amazing man
@longlakeshore
@longlakeshore 8 жыл бұрын
Bobby Kennedy once called McGovern the most decent man in the Senate.
@michaelcait2935
@michaelcait2935 2 жыл бұрын
Very true Bobby Kennedy in 1965 made the statement that his senate colleague George McGovern was the most decent man in the United States Senate
@jayrodny8419
@jayrodny8419 2 жыл бұрын
Bobby kennedy was traitor
@jayrodny8419
@jayrodny8419 2 жыл бұрын
Mogovern is a communist
@1burnman
@1burnman 8 жыл бұрын
I love this man's integrity
@Malouco
@Malouco 6 жыл бұрын
1burnman lmao franklin coverup
@LiberaTeTutemetExInferis
@LiberaTeTutemetExInferis 7 жыл бұрын
Young ones should watch those interviews to fully appreciate how low the current political establishment has dropped.
@vannah1088
@vannah1088 5 жыл бұрын
our society and our morality ..................our humanity has dropped. both obama and trump have been THE most DIVISIVE presidents i can remember in my 56 years. what ever happened to unity.
@brianarbenz7206
@brianarbenz7206 4 жыл бұрын
If I break into the Nixon Library, will the Gerald Ford Library pardon me?
@charleswinokoor6023
@charleswinokoor6023 3 жыл бұрын
No, they will just ask to see your card.
@wally1452
@wally1452 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I love that! w.
@revolutionaryape7568
@revolutionaryape7568 2 жыл бұрын
XD
@familykaplan1341
@familykaplan1341 Жыл бұрын
Why don’t they destroy the Reagan Museum, he visited Nazi cemetery in ‘88.
@brianarbenz7206
@brianarbenz7206 Жыл бұрын
@@familykaplan1341 Fair enough!
@schwinn434
@schwinn434 9 күн бұрын
I enjoyed learning more about McGovern - he seemed to have been a candid, honest, and intelligent man.
@jds614
@jds614 Жыл бұрын
What a nice kind man ...... demonstrating his intellect in regaling people about all the losing he did but with all the theories!
@nationalallianceforprogres3136
@nationalallianceforprogres3136 2 жыл бұрын
Legend McGovern
@wtillett243
@wtillett243 2 ай бұрын
We sure need some like him today. Thank you.
@tonywilliams1567
@tonywilliams1567 10 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest U.S. Senators of all time ... The country would be much different if McGovern had been elected president.
@rayali9854
@rayali9854 4 жыл бұрын
Yep.and a gazillion times ten more racist
@joshkusiak7613
@joshkusiak7613 4 жыл бұрын
Thank god we didn’t make that mistake
@the_random9718
@the_random9718 3 жыл бұрын
@@rayali9854 I think you are talking about Goldwater
@OldHeathen1963
@OldHeathen1963 2 жыл бұрын
@@rayali9854 McGovern never became a Republican! 🙄🤣
@brynsacto
@brynsacto 10 жыл бұрын
IT'S SO SAD TO SEE THE LAST 0F THE REAL AMERICAN OFFICALS GO. RIP SENATOR MCGOVERN
@geolin5578
@geolin5578 10 жыл бұрын
RIP senator.
@MrJoeybabe25
@MrJoeybabe25 Жыл бұрын
Bravo to the Nixon Library! Nixon went to China, the library can go to George McGovern. More than a testament to a man, the library is a true athenaeum!
@LeighRichards27
@LeighRichards27 11 жыл бұрын
i guess this interview with this good and principled man must be among the last long interviews he gave.....i hope it gets many more views....
@ThePbird1
@ThePbird1 3 жыл бұрын
Fort Bragg, 1955. Day room, 64th Headquarters, 20th Engineers. A flickering television carried the trial of the Emmett Till killers. The jury, the judge, the gallery were chummy with the accused. There were smiles and even laughter during the procedure. In the room with me was an African American Green Beret. When the trial was over I said: “ I hope to God we don’t go to war because we will be shooting each other instead of the enemy.” He said: “ I’d like you to meet my captain! We have lots of dedicated people in Indochina,” Since that meant a short discharge and a reup for six years minimum...and my knowledge that I could not endure the training...I passed. He never showed his feelings about the spectacle we just witnessed. Sergeant Moore. I hope he survived Viet Nam.
@MrRJS27
@MrRJS27 3 жыл бұрын
There wasn't a nuclear arms race in 1948 because the USSR didn't have nuclear weapons yet, so while McGovern could well have supported Wallace in 1948 because he didn't like the burgeoning Cold War, he couldn't have been worried about both sides piling up nuclear weapons at that time.
@wally1452
@wally1452 2 жыл бұрын
Respectfully I disagree. When Truman took over after FDR died in April(?) of 1945, he sent one of the nastiest power hungry warmongers for a meeting with the Soviets and the U.S. now that they had an effective nuclear bomb flouted it to Stalin, who was gracious very much to the U.S. and lost over 20 million...yes! some estimates say 26 million young men that eventually crippled Russia after the war in population and other problems from losing nearly all the best younger men you have in a nation. Stalin was taken off guard when Truman's henchmen sarcastically took over what was to be a fine meeting about postwar policies...but now the U.S. could crap on any they did not like, forget that America never had much in war on our land, thus our 400,000 lost,(?) and their 20 miilion lost...we did never thank the Russians and in todays school books WE(?) won the 1st World War, the 2nd World War, etc. B.S! Entering into the war really after all of Europe, etc was in, it was Russia that got to Germany first, it was Russia that was nearly upon Japan in 1945 after Europe was defeated...but egotistic warmonger Harry decided we'd test the nuclear bombs on mostly 200,000 civilians, men and women and children...the lucky ones were vaporized or died quickly, not suffering with roasted, burnt bodies beyond recognition,, screaming while they were pleading for death. The big lie that our no conscience leaders tell us was necessary. Who is the terrorist? Forgive the long reply but the Soviets quickly caught up and the race was on...who started this monster war machinery and who used it first? Let's at least be truthful and as accurate as we can be. We swept our national sins under the rug beginning big time since 1900 and T.R.
@sydneylawson6848
@sydneylawson6848 Жыл бұрын
Wally, while your points are interesting, they are flawed. Russia did in fact lose many more soldiers in the war, their willingness and lack of of conscience to send men as nothing more than cannon fodder as a a military strategy shows their failure in leadership in such matters. Without the leadership of Presidents FDR, Truman and much more importantly Supreme Allied Commander Eisenhower, the war would’ve been much more deadly on our own troops. Which brings me to your point about the location and targets of our atomic weapons. As Sen McGovern stated, War department officials estimated a land invasion in Japan would’ve probably put us into the number of Russian fallen had we not used the Atomic weapons at our disposal not to mention the toll on the Japanese. As for the targets in Japan, they were military targets, unfortunately Japan was, and is a densely populated small country, so the toll on the civilian population couldn’t be helped. Simply put, the US were, although not without fault, much more humane, more intelligent, and more talented in military matters than our enemies and our allies, including Russia in WWII
@ronaldzent6321
@ronaldzent6321 4 ай бұрын
Watch McGovern's 1972 acceptance speech in miami. such clarity and intelligence the way it was delivered. McGovern, Kennedy, Nixon. Even Ronald Reagan. Camw across as reasonable, intelligent and willing to at least try or want to accomplish things more on behalf of the American people, not just for sole political gains
@charleswinokoor6023
@charleswinokoor6023 3 жыл бұрын
I respected McGovern, but I think he was being overly idealistic and simplistic in saying that if worldwide hunger were to be eliminated then there would be very little chance of military conflicts and wars.
@lukehauser1182
@lukehauser1182 3 жыл бұрын
McGovern was Senator from South Dakota - my, how times change....
@davemojarra4734
@davemojarra4734 9 жыл бұрын
Bonified war-hero and all, but in the end, a successful politician(and all that goes with it).
@TomSanderson100
@TomSanderson100 11 жыл бұрын
Very interesting
@Wallydaft
@Wallydaft Жыл бұрын
Q. Why did RMN elect not to challenge the 1960 election result? A. Because he didn't want to be responsible for the constitutional problems it would create. What a guy.
@johnmoore4
@johnmoore4 Жыл бұрын
It’s no shock that McGovern was an admirer of Henry Wallace. Wallace was a known dupe of the communists, though maybe not a communist himself. Practically McGovern’s twin in that respect.
@mohdnasir5140
@mohdnasir5140 Жыл бұрын
Page 163 Some of these colonies were in Algeria, but the biggest, Carthage, was in Tunisia.
@mohdnasir5140
@mohdnasir5140 Жыл бұрын
Thus, the Algerians formed the Front of National Liberation (FLN), the organization that on November 1, 1954, began the struggle for Algerian independence and brought it to a successful conclusion 7 years later. '55 '56 '57 '58 '59 '60 '61 Algeria became independent in 1962.
@ttrons2
@ttrons2 7 жыл бұрын
Why are Americans afraid of the center? There seems to be no agreement on sharing with those around you.
@tomjones5650
@tomjones5650 Ай бұрын
7 years later it gets worse.😮
@ironhawk29
@ironhawk29 5 жыл бұрын
The word great man I'd bandied about nowadays its lost its meaning, but there are few that deserve the title names from history, yes among them is George McGovern.
@robertwildes7550
@robertwildes7550 5 ай бұрын
Freudian slip maybe. Around the 38 minute mark he stated that he detested that war in Iraq when he was discussing matters in 1968.
@mohdnasir5140
@mohdnasir5140 Жыл бұрын
Page 325 George S. McGovern (1922- ) was born at Avon and later lived in Mitchell. Page 317 F3 Armour (Douglas) Fort Randall Dam Lake Andes Lake Andes (Charles Mix) Mitchell (Davison) Plankinton (Aurora)
@mohdnasir5140
@mohdnasir5140 Жыл бұрын
99°-98° 44°-43°
@bt10ant
@bt10ant 5 жыл бұрын
Here is CSPAN's Booknotes program with McGovern. Very informative: www.booknotes.org/Watch/182096-1/George-McGovern
@alwayssomething5100
@alwayssomething5100 2 жыл бұрын
Rip john todd Collins
@Coffeebourne
@Coffeebourne 11 жыл бұрын
Very interesting but terrible audio.
@liedersanger1
@liedersanger1 18 сағат бұрын
Integrity dripping from every pore.
@antoniboleslawowicz8095
@antoniboleslawowicz8095 5 жыл бұрын
In fairness, McGovern’s presidential campaign of 1972 was marred by multiple failures of leadership. His abandonment of Eagleton is an egregious example of that, along with his elevation of hacks like Jean Westwood and Basil Paterson to key positions in the Democratic Party. On the other hand, you have to respect his early and consistent opposition to our Vietnam misadventure. I voted for McGovern in 1972, which was the first time I voted in a national election. I felt privileged to vote against Richard Nixon, whom I despised.
@terriok1
@terriok1 4 жыл бұрын
Misadventure? The US lost about 40,000 young men!
@Kzzak
@Kzzak 2 жыл бұрын
Antoni, who did you vote for in all the presidential elections after that? I'm curious
@OldHeathen1963
@OldHeathen1963 2 жыл бұрын
@@terriok1 58k plus Over 2 Mil Vietnamese
@jayrodny8419
@jayrodny8419 Жыл бұрын
McGovern is a traitor Marxist snd communist
@jayrodny8419
@jayrodny8419 Жыл бұрын
Kennedy was deep state
@gruweldaad
@gruweldaad 2 ай бұрын
The fact that he couldn’t intuitively understand that the United States and Soviet Union could only be allied against a force like Hitler and never under any other circumstances makes me very happy he was never president. Our cultures are incompatible.
@ronaldzent6321
@ronaldzent6321 4 ай бұрын
Think when McGovern did this interview, he was about in his mid eighties or so, think he was born about 1923, same year my dad was, also named George. Mr McGovern seemed just as sharp and aware of what he was referring to in his life experiences. Compare that now to Joe Biden, who seems to increasingly unaware of even what day it is, our leaders of today just dont seem to have a real grasp of the myriad of problems facing us today. Even though Nixon basically walloped McGovern badly in '72, he basically just said on election night, " well, it looks like Massachusetts came through for us again" must have really hurt for him, but he just j Kept going on.Imagine what McGovern might be able to do if he were around today if he were POTUS, probably would just be fighting the bitter partisanship that exists now, unlike during his era
@liedersanger1
@liedersanger1 19 сағат бұрын
About Biden, what you say is baloney. His list of accomplishments is so long it could not have been created by someone who didn’t know what day it was. He made a mistake on a date far in the past - - big deal. And the point is, he has the right policies even if I don’t agree completely with all of them, and wish she had the congressional majority to pursue his agenda more vigorously.
@ronaldzent6321
@ronaldzent6321 4 ай бұрын
Came
@mohdnasir5140
@mohdnasir5140 Жыл бұрын
Page 185 King James of England warned that smoking was "hateful, harmful to the brain, and dangerous to the lungs."
@mohdnasir5140
@mohdnasir5140 Жыл бұрын
But each year Englishmen bought more tobacco. As the demand for tobacco increased, the price climbed higher and higher.
@davidkokaska8130
@davidkokaska8130 10 ай бұрын
Eventually LBJ knew - He needed a tax increase - but by then, through hesitation, it was too late
@frankcivitak8248
@frankcivitak8248 Ай бұрын
George mcgovern should have been president
@jamesanthony5681
@jamesanthony5681 15 күн бұрын
He didn't properly vet his running mate.
@emil.jansson
@emil.jansson 5 жыл бұрын
GEORGE McGOVERN
@ttrons2
@ttrons2 7 жыл бұрын
Why did you loose the vote of labor? Was is just the ridiculous war?
@paulsonj72
@paulsonj72 7 жыл бұрын
Supposedly because way back in 1948 he had been a delegate to the Progessive Party convention and supported Henry Wallace for president.
@williamolsen20
@williamolsen20 4 жыл бұрын
@@paulsonj72 If Wallace, and McGovern had ever been elected to the presidency we would be so much better off. True progressives, that really cared, and viewed themselves as servants of the people.
@joethorn5015
@joethorn5015 5 ай бұрын
I respect the man and his service, but HCM=George Whashington????
@rgreenberg35
@rgreenberg35 7 жыл бұрын
Almost everything McGovern said was right. Shoulda been president.
@ronaldzent6321
@ronaldzent6321 4 ай бұрын
With
@jefolson6989
@jefolson6989 Жыл бұрын
He was truly a GOOD man. Which disqualifies him for president. It's not a job nice guys get. Democrats continually run great people that aren't good candidates. Voters don't consider intellectual arguments. They vote for who seems stronger, who have simple answers to problems that they have. Build a wall, etc. Its what gave us GW BUSH when Gore was obviously more intelligent, and more qualified. GW was the plain talking everyman that voters love. Another problem is good men don't want the job. The behind the scenes deals and the necessity of digging up dirt on your opponents are just a couple of reason good people don't run.
@jamesanthony5681
@jamesanthony5681 15 күн бұрын
Was JFK not a good man? What about Eisenhower?
@hariskhan-xj4wk
@hariskhan-xj4wk 3 жыл бұрын
mmiek
@Funnyweirdediter
@Funnyweirdediter 4 жыл бұрын
This was a great man. In 1972 America chose evil over good.
@thegingershow9676
@thegingershow9676 Жыл бұрын
Nixon was not evil he did some really good things
@user-xm1ce1kg1t
@user-xm1ce1kg1t 5 ай бұрын
History repeats: 2016
@khalifa9544
@khalifa9544 Жыл бұрын
STATE FARM ARKANSAS...TEMS...1974... KIAH AGENDA....FOOD FOR PEACE....PLACE KIAH IN POVERTY WORK ON FARMS.
@antoniboleslawowicz8095
@antoniboleslawowicz8095 3 жыл бұрын
McGovern was unfairly vilified and widely misunderstood. Could he have won the presidency had there been greater public awareness of Nixon’s crimes and abuses of power? His defeat at Nixon’s hands made Democrats afraid of candidates like him. That was a huge mistake. McGovern was also a man with much sorrow in his life. He lost one of his daughters; at the time of this interview, given when he was 87, he had just lost his wife -- the person to whom he was always closest. McGovern himself made mistakes -- his handling of Tom Eagleton and his capitulation to party hacks like Jean Westwood and Basil Paterson. But certainly vastly preferable than what we have now.
@markhelton6128
@markhelton6128 5 жыл бұрын
It's funny how none of the politicians from the Viet Nam era wanted to fight a war, but we did. Hindsight is ok, but admit you were hoodwinked. Don't say you didn't want to fight it then!
@ronaldzent6321
@ronaldzent6321 4 ай бұрын
Be
@tonyauxier5411
@tonyauxier5411 2 жыл бұрын
A nice guy, but he gets many of his facts wrong. He does not have the intellectual depth of many of his peers. He is correct that he just outworked Muskie in 72.
@OldHeathen1963
@OldHeathen1963 2 жыл бұрын
Who you kidding! 😲 This guy's got depth and plenty of it! ( I wish Henry Wallace had won in the 40s too. ) this world would have been a better place if he had.
@johnmoore4
@johnmoore4 Жыл бұрын
Spot on. We can’t get swayed by one individual self-serving interview.
@memphismemphis462
@memphismemphis462 8 ай бұрын
What facts did he get wrong he didn't say anything that was wrong fact wise because the Russians were making nukes during WW2 but were not able to make it completely work
@user-ho4un5bn3s
@user-ho4un5bn3s 7 ай бұрын
McGovern should have been president
@JeffSkilling69
@JeffSkilling69 5 ай бұрын
Nah
@user-xm1ce1kg1t
@user-xm1ce1kg1t 5 ай бұрын
​@@JeffSkilling69must be a trump sucker
@stoffoncooper3625
@stoffoncooper3625 Жыл бұрын
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