Two American leaders died last week. One, Eugene McCarthy, led the anti-war political movement in 1968 that brought down the Johnson administration. The other, Carrol Campbell, brought dignity and wisdom to the South Carolina governor's mansion in the last decade. They were from different generations and different ends of the political spectrum, but they shared a passion for leading people in what they believed to be righteous causes. And, America is a better place because of them.
Unfortunately, the media has focussed on the life and death of a foul-mouthed, drug-abusing, stand-up comic as the week's headline instead of the lives and deaths of two genuine American giants. Well, this Marine knows the difference...
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Our first impression of Richard Pryor was being put to bed "If he says one rude thing." As soon as the show started we were in bed; more rude things came through the wall our ears were at, with the Old Man howling himself to death--it was probably one of his rare moments of entertainment in that house at the time. When M*A*S*H* was on you would think he was going to die laughing; back then television was actually funny (and it looks like private has some reading to do, McCarthyism I know all about).
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