tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26427738.post8956176758952360821..comments2023-11-02T08:52:30.787-04:00Comments on Connecticut Bob: Senator George S. McGovern Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26427738.post-64892284464987359012012-10-22T15:49:49.660-04:002012-10-22T15:49:49.660-04:00My vote for George was the first one I ever cast. ...My vote for George was the first one I ever cast. I knew he wasn't going to win, and I was VERY proud to do it anyway.<br /><br />And this time my vote will go to the one my conscience can live with. That DEFINITELY WON'T be Mittrack Obameny!!!lakezoparianhttp://www.wsws.org/articles/2012/oct2012/pers-o22.shtmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26427738.post-84065951014950437992012-10-21T23:45:03.504-04:002012-10-21T23:45:03.504-04:00Thanks for those recollections Oldswede. I have a ...Thanks for those recollections Oldswede. I have a vague memory of George being involved in something like that. And yeah, I've heard those helicopters flying over Milford on a regular basis.CT Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07334232414964958641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26427738.post-76080525352458485072012-10-21T19:26:41.987-04:002012-10-21T19:26:41.987-04:00Correction and addition:
It was really the end of ...Correction and addition:<br />It was really the end of the eighties that this happened as I discovered when I found this item in the New York Times archive - <b><i><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1989/09/03/nyregion/george-mcgovern-elects-innkeeper.html" rel="nofollow">George McGovern Elects Innkeeper</a></i></b>. Memory gets fuzzy sometimes.<br />I was working for the theater that summer and oldswedenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26427738.post-68212391360153469292012-10-21T18:56:42.966-04:002012-10-21T18:56:42.966-04:00In the early 1980s, George McGovern bought and ope...In the early 1980s, George McGovern bought and operated a hotel in Stratford, Connecticut, called the Stratford Inn (do not confuse it with Bob Newhart’s).<br />Interestingly, it was directly across the street from the main gate of Sikorsky Aircraft. Sikorsky is a major military contractor and we here in Stratford are treated to frequent overflights of helicopters being tested.<br />Anyway, oldswedenoreply@blogger.com