# In what ways does "the cancer of McGovernism" still infect the Democratic Party?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-ways-does-the-cancer-of-mcgovernism-still-infect-the-democratic-party/393611>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [February 25, 2007, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-ways-does-the-cancer-of-mcgovernism-still-infect-the-democratic-party/393611 "2007-02-25T15:56:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-ways-does-the-cancer-of-mcgovernism-still-infect-the-democratic-party/393611/41 "2007-03-02T20:50:05Z")

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[QUOTE=Mr. Moto]  
Maybe it would have been a nice start in the Clinton administration for the USS John F. Kennedy to not have been routinely and chronically shortchanged on its maintenance, to the point that the costs to fix her are now prohibitive, and she probably will have to be decommissioned.

[Link.](http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/cv-67.htm)  
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So what?

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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-ways-does-the-cancer-of-mcgovernism-still-infect-the-democratic-party/393611/42 "2007-03-02T20:51:16Z")

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[QUOTE=RTFirefly]  
The Dems really aren’t all that good about _opposing_ a war that the President wants to fight; you’re right about that. But if there’s a Dem in the White House, s/he’s going to _initiate_ a lot less military craziness than a GOP President would.  
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OTOH, remember who got us into 'Nam . . . back in them carefree pre-McGovernism days . . .

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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-what-ways-does-the-cancer-of-mcgovernism-still-infect-the-democratic-party/393611/43 "2007-03-02T22:53:59Z")

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[QUOTE=BrainGlutton]  
OTOH, remember who got us into 'Nam . . . back in them carefree pre-McGovernism days . . .  
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Good point! McGovern at least got us past _that_ extreme of craziness. Or maybe it was just that the southern Dems of that era, always more hawkish than the party as a whole, died off or became Republicans.

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