His Campaign for President in 1968 Forced a President From
Office McCarthy's campaign increased popular opposition to the
war in Vietnam. Transcript of radio broadcast: 28 August 2009
I'm Steve Ember. And I'm Barbara Klein with PEOPLE IN AMERICA in
VOA Special English. Today we tell about Eugene McCarthy. His
campaign for the presidency in nineteen sixty-eight increased
popular opposition to the war in Vietnam. And it changed
American history. Eugene McCarthy was a quiet and mentally
gifted lawmaker from Minnesota. As a young man, he was
interested in being a religious worker or a baseball player.
Later, he was a college professor. He wrote poetry. He also
became active in Democratic Party politics. In the nineteen
sixties, he was one of the first Democrats in the United States
Congress to oppose the party leadership. He expressed opposition
to the war Americans were fighting in Vietnam. And he forced a
president from office. Eugene McCarthy was born in nineteen
sixteen in the town of Watkins, Minnesota. His