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I'm what a normal, healthy, ideal American should be like.

George McGovern

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George McGovern
Age: 90 †
Born: 1922
Born: July 19
Died: 2012
Died: October 21
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George Stanley McGovern
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I thought the Vietnam war was an utter, unmitigated disaster, so it was very hard for me to say anything good about it.
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