The Washington Post has a blurb on the celebration of Eugene McCarthy's 88th birthday this past Friday. McCarthy, of course, was the man who posted a strong showing in the 1968 Democratic presidential primary in New Hampshire because of his anti-war stance, instigating President Lyndon Johnson's decision not to seek another term as president. Thus the WaPo:
Former senator and liberal political icon Eugene McCarthy turns 88 today, but the celebration began Friday night at Teatro Goldoni with some 50 friends. In honor of his 88 years, guests offered almost as many toasts. "When you hear someone question the reasons and the costs of war, you hear his voice," hailed Tom Daschle. But the Senate minority leader yielded the floor to the guest of honor, who recited several of his poems.
(Emphasis added.) I guess Senator Daschle is back to his position of "questioning the war" now that he's in the friendly confines of DC, amongst his intimate liberal friends, although when he's in South Dakota he says he has no concerns about the war, as a recent DVT post pointed out.
Back in 1968, when Daschle was attending South Dakota State University, he was a big fan of Eugene McCarthy, as a story in the SDSU Collegian indicated, which I cited in a post written last September.
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