Walter Mondale (1928-2021)

[_priapism]

I heard today that Walter Mondale died. He was such a exemplary leader in my opinion, and way ahead of his time. He helped women break the glass ceiling, by selecting Geraldine Ferraro as a running mate. I lived in Minnesota during his years of influence. He was a great human being, a true leader, and an overall good guy. So sorry to hear about his passing. They don’t make them like him anymore. At least, not in politics.

[Jed_]

He was a class act.  Realizing that for me is retrospective.  In 1984 when he ran for president, I was a Republican and enthusiastically voted for a senile Reagan.  What can I say, I was young and dumb.

He did a lot for my new party, mentoring rising stars like Amy Klobuchar and serving as an ambassador during the Clinton years.

[msslave]

Like Jed, I was an active Republican, carrying water to the Elephant when Mondale was in office. Politics were different back then. Republicans and Democrats could talk together and even socialize.

Walter Mondale was well respected by so many. It was another well known senator from Minnesota who was his mentor and paved the way for his first election to the Senate, Hubert H. Humphrey. With a mentor like that, he was bound to succeed.  Now Minnesota has another senator in the National spotlight, Amy  Klobuchar. We seem to keep turning out the good ones up here.

For the local obituary and some memorable photos, here's the link:

https://www.startribune.com/walter-mondale-who-rose-from-small-town-minnesota-to-vice-presidency-dies-at-93/600047853/#16

[watcher1]

R.I.P. Walter Mondale. If only the politicians of today would copy you as to how a politician should act.

[MissBarbara]

While Mondale himself is not directly to blame, he was the loser in the second largest landslide loss in U.S. history.

In the 1984 presidential election, Ronald Reagan, running for a second term trounced Mondale in the popular vote, beating him by 17 million votes and capturing 60% of the total vote.

Even in Mondale's home state of Minnesota, a traditionally Democratic state, Monday won by a microscopic margin, beating Reagan by only 3.800 votes and winning with 49.72% of the votes to Reagan's 49.54% -- a difference of 0.18%.

Reagan massacred Mondale in the Electoral Vote, winning every state except Minnesota and Washington DC, en route to amassing 525 electoral votes (beating Mondale 525-13) and capturing close to 98% of the electoral vote. Reagan's 525 electoral votes were the most a president has received, before or since.








 

[_priapism]

I will say, that I regard Ronald Reagan’s election as the beginning of the end for America.  “Trickle down” economics, tax cuts for the wealthy, abolition of the Fairness Doctrine, ignoring AIDS, promoting the myth of Welfare Moms, and MAGA by turning back the clock on gender equality and civil rights.  A horrible man, who was perhaps losing his battle with dementia while still in office.


How different our last 37 years might have been, if Mondale had won.