RIP VP Mondale
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Started by metmike - April 19, 2021, 10:49 p.m.

Walter 'Fritz' Mondale, former vice president under Jimmy Carter, dead at 93

https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/19/politics/walter-mondale-dead/index.html

I liked Carter because he was so honest +my family in Detroit were ALL democrats at the time, so obviously we liked VP Mondale too.

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By metmike - April 19, 2021, 10:55 p.m.
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Of course Reagan beat the incumbent Carter in 1980, then ran for his 2nd term against VP Mondale.

I think that this part of their 2nd debate is one of the most played and possibly the best response to a debate question in history!

The conservatives here will especially like it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wt0xCpduK-E





By metmike - April 19, 2021, 10:56 p.m.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Mondale

Walter Frederick "Fritz" Mondale (January 5, 1928 – April 19, 2021) was an American politician, diplomat, and lawyer who served as the 42nd vice president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A United States senator from Minnesota (1964–1976), he was the Democratic Party's nominee in the 1984 United States presidential election, but lost to incumbent Ronald Reagan in an Electoral College and popular vote landslide. Reagan won 49 states while Mondale carried his home state of Minnesota and the District of Columbia. In October 2002, Mondale became the last-minute choice of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party to run for Senate after the death of Senator Paul Wellstone, but was defeated by Saint Paul Mayor Norm Coleman. Mondale was the oldest living former U.S. vice president from 2018 to 2021, following the death of George H. W. Bush.