(originally posted on my Facebook blog Oct. 10, 2008)I was eleven and growing up in Yankton, South Dakota the year George McGovern ran for President of the United States. Though I was just eleven, I'd like to think that the person I have become was influenced in some measure by the McGovern of 1972 - a progressive democrat; proud to be called liberal; proud to support labor and working families; an outspoken critic of corporate greed and big business.
