Walter Mondale died

[bronxgirl]

www.cbsnews.com/news/walter-mondale-died-former-vice-president-jimmy-carter-age-93-cause-of-death-natural-2021-04-19/


I haven't thought about him in years.  But I still remember learning all about him during the 84 election and how exciting it was that he nominated a woman. 

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He won my elementary school presidential election by a landslide.  I was surprised to learn that was not a reflection on actual elections.

[notreal]

Apr 19, 2021 20:38:25 GMT -5 bronxgirl said:

www.cbsnews.com/news/walter-mondale-died-former-vice-president-jimmy-carter-age-93-cause-of-death-natural-2021-04-19/


I haven't thought about him in years.  But I still remember learning all about him during the 84 election and how exciting it was that he nominated a woman. 

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He won my elementary school presidential election by a landslide.  I was surprised to learn that was not a reflection on actual elections.

The 1984 election was the first one I was actually interested in and because he chose Geraldine Ferraro, I became a lifelong Democrat.  But holy cow, lookng back, he was actually quite young and he seemed like he was 100 years old to me.

[msmerymac]

bronxgirl , Ross Perot won my middle school election in 1992. 

[Jalapeñomel]

I just remember Brandon Walsh named his car Mondale. LOL

[brady2012]

Apr 20, 2021 7:15:42 GMT -5 notreal said:

Apr 19, 2021 20:38:25 GMT -5 bronxgirl said:

www.cbsnews.com/news/walter-mondale-died-former-vice-president-jimmy-carter-age-93-cause-of-death-natural-2021-04-19/


I haven't thought about him in years.  But I still remember learning all about him during the 84 election and how exciting it was that he nominated a woman. 

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He won my elementary school presidential election by a landslide.  I was surprised to learn that was not a reflection on actual elections.

The 1984 election was the first one I was actually interested in and because he chose Geraldine Ferraro, I became a lifelong Democrat. 

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Ditto, I’m not sure I realized it at the time that this made me identify with the Democratic Party. My dad took me to vote that year. He still talks about how I made him promise to vote for the president who had the woman VP.

I never knew much about him, but reading about him now he clearly was a kind person. The fact that he wrote a letter to his staffers thanking them all these years later made me tear up.

[StrawberryBlondie]

Apr 20, 2021 11:13:19 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

I just remember Brandon Walsh named his car Mondale. LOL

Well, they were from Minneapolis. 😉

[wise_rita]

I was shocked to learn that Mondale was, until recently, still alive.

A FB friend posted an anecdote about interviewing with him at a law firm, and seeing his well worn sports jacket was from Dayton's.

MN represent!