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Article: The others. (presidential candidates)
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- National Review
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- March 9, 1984
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THE OTHERS
QUICKLY NOW, before they vanish. "You have to do what you have to do, and I have to do this.' So George McGovern announced his candidacy last September at George Washington University, seventh of the eight-man field. Age has bared his brow and pinched the nasal preacher's voice into yet more creaky registers. "I believe I am ready now as at no previous time in my life to lead this nation.' The voters didn't think he was all that ready the last time, of course, administering him the worst drubbing ever received by a Democrat.* The parallel that comes uncomfortably to mind for this race is that of Harold Stassen, wooing from the hustings of the ego the ...