tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727843531028515444.post63154278038975211..comments2023-08-26T16:55:38.930-05:00Comments on Views from My Highland Cottage: Those were the days, my friend...Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06666609213171939599noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727843531028515444.post-22630106069046757542012-10-22T13:06:29.894-05:002012-10-22T13:06:29.894-05:00Nan, I went back and read your post. How exciting...Nan, I went back and read your post. How exciting. I never met McGovern but like many of my favorite, famous folks, I felt like I knew him personally ;-). Our "history" with McGovern continued, too, as we later moved to South Dakota the year McGovern was defeated in his Senate re-election bid, but my ex flew to DC to interview with Americans for Common Sense, the group McGovern founded in 1981. My ex talked with one of McGovern's staff, not McGovern that day.Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06666609213171939599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727843531028515444.post-22950785572467261862012-10-22T12:24:07.684-05:002012-10-22T12:24:07.684-05:00Beautifully written. I never worked for him, but o...Beautifully written. I never worked for him, but oh, how I believed in that man. And still do. I think the Gandhi quote is appropriate, don't you:<br /><br />even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth.<br /><br />Thanks for this post.<br /><br />Oh, meant to say that Tom and I met him three years ago. A highlight of my life. I wrote about it:<br /><br />http://lettersfromahillfarm.blogspot.com/2009/07/hero-worship.htmlNanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.com