when i worked for the senate foreign relations committee, i had a conversation with the senator george mcgovern that has always stuck in my mind. he was a friend of robert and jacqueline kennedy. in 1978, mcgovern subcommittee on international operations was engaged in an inquiry into the activities of foreign intelligence agencies within the united states, including savak and the other intelligence services of some of america's upstanding allies. my colleagues and i had recently questioned cia officer's about the agencies liaison relationship with these forms services. the topic turned to assassinations in the assassination of president kennedy. warnedd that castro had only two months beforehand that american leaders would not be safe if they were hitting in terrorist bus to kill cuban leaders. i was standing and staring out the window, mcgovern said that after this fascination, bobby kennedy would come to his office and just it out the window like that for the longest time, saying nothing. beend kennedy might have inordinately depressed because he held responsible for his brother's was -- ass

and we had gotten in june 1972, we had gotten george mcgovern.et me move now to the watergate thing. watergate events the break-in of june 17. let me deal with it this way, the whole thing watergate lasted 22 months from the break-in until the president's resignation. and again, i got a call from ken on june 17 after they had broken and send five people broken into the watergate headquarters of the dnc and i knew instantly it was probably our folks.almost surely from the committee to reelect. so that preceded and it was not too huge until the spring of 1973. and then through the time when we decapitated the entire white house staff. the president did. and then we went to the tapes and we reeled watergate hearings and i testify for four hours before the committee because of the pack of lies released that we had run some dirty tricks strategy which we had not. and it came down to october. one reason i want to mention this is because it was brought up in the firing of james comey. everybody, told folks i did not arrange to have the firing of james c

in other words they didn't go to george mcgovern, they came to us. their whole idea of the southern protestant strategy. you need to get wallace not to run. to do that as third-party candidate but as rising any higher he couldn't do it but in a way nixon couldn't compete with him. he couldn't compete with him. in '68 we sent spiro agnew to the south, i went there with him because he competed very well in getting the votes, and frankly, there's a quote in my book from frank gannon where hundred -- lyndon johnson told mr. nixon on the trade inaugural, everybody wag praising mr. muskie and how good he did and johnson didn't think about muskie but helped news north carolina, tennessee, and states like that. >> question in the center. >> right here. you speak a lot about what president nixon inherited in vietnam. next monday's memorial day and i actually lost my dad in vietnam vietnam. looking back at hindsight there are a couple of thing that president kennedy, president johnson or president nixon might have done to either change the outcome of the war o

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to expose what senator george mcgovern did and what he was hounded out of office because of it the.the carcinogens that are inherent in a meat based diet. well the the end you raise the third major group where they've infiltrated and that's patient advocacy organizations again almost ten years ago we started writing about the american diabetes association and the influence they were under for candy and soda companies will talk about that. when we come back we'll hear more from our editor of corporate crime reporter. larry king you're watching american. morning. we were going to. post. a. rejected tonight a comedy show called it not defect by the corporate media. would you go after the corporations that just lawyer live profit over people at every turn. her back it's not for me it's like medicine it's like a cancer joke from all the stress that the news but still under redacted tonight is a show where you can go to thrive from laughing about the stuff that's going on in the world as opposed to just regular crying we're going to find out what the corporate mainstream media is not tell

george mcgovern did not say he believed that castro was involved. mcgovern never told me what he believed, and i did not ask. i knew ted sorensen. i told him about this conversation with mcgovern. i asked him who he believed was behind kennedy's assassination. knowsen said he did not and had not trying to find out because nothing can bring john kennedy back and because it was too painful for him to revisit the matter. 1980'swas in cuba in the during the long multi-cigar afternoon with ricardo alercon, i asked him about this. ricardo had been castro's ambassador to the u.n. and was close to fidel castro. as i expected he would, he denied it. wouldd they, the cubans, have been crazy to do such a thing because retaliation would have been devastating if the americans found out. friends of mine who were on the church committee staff told it is highly likely the mafia was behind kennedy's assassination. i worked closely with frank church on the foreign relations committee, but i never asked church what he believed happened and i never heard church express

candidate because no president is so virtuous as judge mcgovern to run against so by 1972 we had george mcgovernaid now heading down to watergate with the break-in of june june 17, let me put it this way the whole fate of watergate lasted 22 months from the break-in and tell the presentation. but they get i got a call a june 17 saying five people brokage into the of watergate headquarters surely it was probably from our folks. but none tell the spraying of 1973 from the time we decapitated the entire white house staff then with the watergate hearings i testified five hours because of that pack of lies that were released with dirty tricks. that became to october slated signifier in of james colby. -- james komi i announce that with the time my book was published with the saturday night massacre. so to put that into some perspective it is october just testified so we were doubted key biscayne the president said take a couple-- r october 6 the egyptian and army had a surprise attack they shot the american air force out of the sky and punching through the sinai peninsula also the defense minister wa

so a fellow named george mcgovern who was a great leader in our nation before he passed, came up with an idea. he came up with an idea of a school lunch program. and you know who joined him in that idea? bob dole. he came up with an idea of a school lunch program. and you know who joined him? bob dole. an old alliance and partnership was revived. here's the idea they had. if we offer a free lunch to kids in the poorest places on earth, we think parents will send their little girls to school. just basic. that's what they did. the mcgovern/dole school feeding program. then to add another element to it, they gave the kids a little bag of grain to take home from school. so the parents couldn't wait to get the little girl off to school. what's the difference in the poorest places in the world between an educated and uneducated little girl? the uneducated little girl will be a save, probably married out of off at a an early age, bearing children long before she should and maybe they'll survive and maybe they won't then we'll have overpopulation problems, but if they finish school, the oppos

in other words, they didn't go to george mcgovern, they came to us. this was the whole idea of the southern protestant strategy, bringing in votes but you need to get wallace not to run. to do that as a third-party candidate but as rising any higher, he couldn't do it but in a way nixon couldn't compete with him. he couldn't compete. in 68 we sent spiro agnew to the upper east side and i went there with him because he did very well getting those votes and frankly, there's a quote in my book from frank gannon who got it from mister nixon where lyndon johnson told mister nixon on the ride up to the inaugural that where everybody was praising musty, one wonderful job he had done and johnson didn't think anything of musky but he said agnew had done away with the job and had one states like that helped us in north carolina, tennessee. north carolina, tennessee and states like that. >> you have a question for the center? >> right here. >> people think a lot about what president nixon inherited in vietnam, next monday is memorial day and i lost my dad in vie

george mcgovern and john kerry. now, mr. president, the senate has considered a judicial nominee who did use this slur in blog posting, who actually did it. the exact same slur, in fact. the judicial nominee was not quoting any literary or published work, and this judicial nominee did not use the slur for any critical purpose. the judicial nominee used it flippantly and cavalierly. who was the judicial nominee? president obama's judicial nominee and current federal district court judge stephen bough. who sits on the bench right now for life after being confirmed by the votes of our democratic colleagues. so i hope i have at least refreshed the memory of my friend from minnesota and some of my other democratic colleagues. i suggest the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: quorum call: haas. the presiding officer: the minority leader. mr. schumer: i ask unanimous consent the quorum be dispensed with. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. schumer: thank you, mr. presiden