Ex-senator, VP candidate Eagleton dies

[DeclinetoState]

Pro-life, anti-busing liberal. They're probably celebrating at DU.

By JIM SALTER, Associated,Press,Writer 1 hour, 27 minutes ago

ST. LOUIS, Mo. - Former U.S. Sen. Thomas Eagleton, who resigned as a vice presidential nominee in 1972 after it was revealed he had been hospitalized for depression, died Sunday, according to the office of Sen. Claire McCaskill (news (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/politics/news/ap/ap_on_re_us/obit_eagleton/22144822/*http://news.search.yahoo.com/search/news?fr=news-storylinks&p=%22Claire%20McCaskill%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw), bio (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/capadv/bio/ap/ap_on_re_us/obit_eagleton/22144822/SIG=119mq5oka/*http://yahoo.capwiz.com/y/bio/?id=31697), voting record (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/capadv/vote/ap/ap_on_re_us/obit_eagleton/22144822/SIG=11i1aoo3s/*http://yahoo.capwiz.com/y/bio/keyvotes/?id=31697)).

The cause of death was not disclosed. Eagleton, 77, had suffered from a variety of illnesses and ailments in recent years.

"Today Missouri has a hole in its heart," McCaskill said in a statement. "Tom Eagleton managed to be a statesman, an intellectual and a man of the people all at the same time."

Link (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070304/ap_on_re_us/obit_eagleton;_ylt=Ahjvou.0Q0dW4vnotZ_4AACs0NUE)



Missouri has a heart murmur?

[BEST45CAL]

Can't say I remember who this dude was.

[Lubbock]

They might want to add in the obit, Tom Eagleton was there when the Politics of Personal Destruction put down roots. Eagleton was the first victim.

EDIT: In the "modern era." Yes, I know our forebearers make today's politics of personal destruction look like a tea party.

[Maggie_T]

Pro-life, anti-busing liberal. They're probably celebrating at DU.



Oh, most certainly. Especially, if he was pro-life.

[DesertFox]

Eagleton was a good man. He got ripped up in politics, as so many do.

[Maggie_T]

... as so many good men do.

The evil ones flourish like green bay leaf. :flame:

[DeclinetoState]

McGovern's handling of Eagleton's dismissal from the ticket was very poorly handled (as was just about every other aspect of the campaign). At least that made sure George McG. never had a chance against Nixon.