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With the election closing in on us this week, who are you going to cast your ballot for?

Hubert H. Humphrey is running for a second Johnson term, really. He's lukewarm on continuing the conflict in Vietnam and much in favor of stepping up the Great Society. I'm still divided personally as to cast my vote for Humphrey or McGovern, for reasons I'll explain in a minute or so.

Richard M. Nixon is campaigning on a 'law and order' platform at home and a 'peace with honor' platform with regard to Vietnam. Definitely not going to vote for Tricky Dick.

George C. Wallace is running an explicitly racist, reactionary campaign against Civil Rights and in favor of 'bombing Vietnam into the Stone Age'.

George S. McGovern is leading a third-party bid against the Democrats after bolting from the Convention with a handful of McCarthy and Teddy Kennedy delegates. He wants to end the war in Vietnam, dramatically increase the Great Society's funding, and all in all chart a new course for U.S. of A. internationally. I'm probably gonna vote for McGovern (the McCarthy endorsement last week has won me over a bit in that regard), but I'm not entirely sure yet.
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