>entire arts and entertainment machine lines up behind Democrat candidate
>turns out that those alone aren't enough to win an election
Lol.

REMINDER - Nixon had one of his stooges (google it) plant a letter to discredit Muskie in this moment because he feared the Chad Mvsk was going to beat him
Nobody wanted McGovern. He was a sacrificial lamb of the DNC

>>17863105 (OP)
Ha ha we won't make that mistake again right guise? XD

On top of which the DNC did not like McGovern because he'd sponsored efforts to clean up the party primary process and make it less corrupt; this was after Humphrey was coronated as the Democrat presidential candidate despite winning no primaries.

>named mcgovern
>he's a socialist so he didn't get to mcgovern

>>17863105 (OP)
The actual power players in the DNC (Urban Machines, Favorite Sons, Party Bosses) all hated McGovern

>>17863105 (OP)
wonder why the entertainment machine backs certain candidates? isn't that a conflict of interest?

>>17863511
why did colonial religious sects back different territorial governors

>>17863114
muskie was also an unstable drug addict so he was going to self-destruct anyway

>>17865377
You’re dead Hunter, shut the fuck up