Former Senator George McGovern says yes here.
NOTE: At first you might think this is somewhat outlandish — but it does mesh with some of the highly critical comments aimed at the present Bush administration by people associated with the first Bush administration. McGovern obviously wouldn’t move in the same ideological circles as Bush 41 — but they are likely to have some mutual friends.
Joe Gandelman is a former fulltime journalist who freelanced in India, Spain, Bangladesh and Cypress writing for publications such as the Christian Science Monitor and Newsweek. He also did radio reports from Madrid for NPR’s All Things Considered. He has worked on two U.S. newspapers and quit the news biz in 1990 to go into entertainment. He also has written for The Week and several online publications, did a column for Cagle Cartoons Syndicate and has appeared on CNN.