#Walter Mondale

[thenhc]

#simpsons #9F08 #lisa #walter mondale #gary hart

[gameraboy2]

Jimmy Carter and Walter Mondale - Leaders, for a change. 1976

#jimmy carter #walter mondale #1976 #1970s #vintage

[older-is-better]

Walter Mondale.

#Walter Mondale

[politicaldilfs]

Walter Mondale and Jimmy Carter

#Walter Mondale #Jimmy Carter

[deadpresidents]

Is there anyone who could have given Reagan a bigger challenge than Walter Mondale did in 1984?

If John Glenn had just hired the right people and put together a better campaign strategy (and maybe had a bit more political charisma), he could have absolutely been able to give Ronald Reagan a run for his money in 1984.

Reagan's whole political identity was that he was the most All-Americany All-American that ever stepped foot on the political scene and that he was going to fight Communism and make America that shining city on a hill. Imagine if he had to run against John Fucking Glenn -- a fighter pilot in World War II and Korea who literally fought Communists in real combat. Oh, and then he was one of the Mercury Seven and just so happened to be the first American astronaut to ever orbit the Earth. John Glenn wasn't just an astronaut -- he was the image that people had in their heads when they thought about what an astronaut was. He's still the definition of astronaut to most Americans. He was also buddies with JFK and RFK and when he retired from NASA -- again, he was a fucking ASTRONAUT, in case I didn't make that clear -- instead of moving to Florida and going golfing, he became a U.S. Senator. Not only should John Glenn have been able to out-All-American Ronald Reagan, but he should have been able to make Reagan seem like Leonid Brezhnev. I mean, just picture Reagan trying to get cute in a debate and making some sort of joke and then Glenn saying, "I'm sorry, I don't think I heard you correctly. My ears are still adjusting from when I was a fighter pilot who shot down three actual MiG-15s and then became a FUCKING ASTRONAUT WHO ORBITED THE EARTH."

But when Glenn did seek the Democratic nomination in 1984, he ran a really crappy campaign and somehow lost to Walter Mondale (who went on to lose 49 out of 50 states to Reagan in the general election). Glenn's campaign is one of the all-time missed opportunities. He was running for President just a few months after The Right Stuff came out and reminded Americans that Glenn was not only an astronaut but THE astronaut! His campaign should have held screenings of that movie in every early primary state and just had Glenn serving apple pie and Coca-Cola outside every theater while wearing his space suit and sitting in a fighter jet and reminding folks that Reagan's "combat" duties during World War II was making training films in Burbank.

I don't know who ran John Glenn's disastrous 1984 Presidential campaign, but it was political malpractice. Just answering this question makes me mad because it's so obvious that he was the PERFECT candidate to run against Ronald Reagan. HE WAS JOHN GLENN. He was such a legendary astronaut that, years later, when NASA wanted to send an old guy to space to study the effects of space flight on aging people, they sent him! He was almost 80 years old and passed the same physicals as young astronauts! How the hell did Glenn lose the Democratic nomination to Mondale? John Glenn lost to a guy named "Fritz"! I can't believe that John Glenn couldn't even beat the guy who got beat in 49 out of 50 states in 1984.

I can't believe how frustrated I am from answering this question and slowly realizing the sheer political malpractice of John Glenn's failed 1984 Presidential campaign.

#History #Politics #Presidential Elections #1984 Election #Ronald Reagan #President Reagan #John Glenn #Astronauts #NASA #Mercury Seven #Walter Mondale #1984 Democratic Presidential nomination #Presidential Candidates #1984 Democratic Presidential Candidates #John Glenn '84 #Political History #The Right Stuff

[riesenfeldcenter]

Walter Mondale ('56) (left) is wearing the coolest sweater in this 1949 photo.

Today would have been his 95th birthday. For more about Mondale’s life and legacy, head over to our commemorative digital exhibit.

#walter mondale #university of minnesota #umn law #riesenfeld center #photos #old photos #old school cool #fashion friday #almost #1949 #1940s #legal history #minnesota history

[minnesotacore]

Yesterday I was thinking “is it too early to turn the Jeb meme into a Dean Phillips one?”

And then I had another thought….

Is too *late* to turn the Jeb meme into a Mondale joke?

Anyway Happy Election day! If you’re in the twin cities go vote for city council cause there are some important races that matter this year!

#minnesota #twin cities #midwest #minneapolis #st paul #mn #upper midwest #dean phillips #Walter mondale #mondale #Phillips

[dadsinsuits]

Walter Mondale

#suitdaddy #suiteddaddy #suit and tie #suited daddy #men in suits #americans #suit daddy #suitedman #suited men #suited grandpa #suited man #Walter Mondale #vice president #democrats #minnesota #carter administration #Suitfetish

[idvoteforthatdaddy]

Walter Mondale (January 5, 1928 – April 19, 2021) Physique: Average Build Height: 5' 11" (1.8 m)

Walter Frederick "Fritz" Mondale was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 42nd vice president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 under President Jimmy Carter. Mondale, a native Minnesotan, has spent most of his life in public service, at the state, national, and international levels. A liberal Democrat and an influential strategist in Minnesota’s Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party, he has held the offices of Minnesota attorney general (1960-1964), United States Senator from Minnesota (1964-1976), Vice President of the United States (1977-1981), Democratic Party candidate for President (1984), and ambassador to Japan (1993-1996). Mondale died of natural causes in his sleep at his home in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on April 19, 2021, at the age of 93.

A rangy, square-built former college football player, roughly six feet tall, Mr. Mondale could appear formal and stiff in public. Friends and political scientists alike described him as "squeaky clean," "decent," "funny" and a "political giant." I'll describe him as "fuckable." He enjoyed fishing, reading Shakespeare and historical accounts, barbecuing, skiing, watching Monty Python, and playing tennis. Again, "fuckable."

#Walter Mondale

[historicaldeepdive]

Daily Fact About Each U.S. Vice-President

Day 42: Walter 'Fritz' Mondale

In 1984, Walter F. Mondale won the Democratic nomination for president and chose a woman, Geraldine Ferraro, as his running mate.

#walter mondale #Geraldine Ferraro #running mate #1984

[lavalierre]

thanks @minnesotacore for the idea

#walter mondale #mnpol #jeb

[thenewdemocratus]

Governor Cuomo 1984: Mario Cuomo's Tale of Two Cities (1984)

. The Tale of Two Cities, one city looks like a paradise, perhaps like downtown Washington or New York in the summer time. And the other city looking a place that you would only send your worst enemies to. Perhaps North Baltimore, no offense to Baltimore, I love that city, but parts of it are a living hell. Or Compton Los Angeles perhaps would be another example of an urban hell. Or rural…

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#1984 Presidential Election #American Dream #City on a Shining Hill #Democratic Party #Economic Freedom #Mario Cuomo #Poverty in America #Republican Party #Ronald Reagan #Tale of Two Cities #The Middle Class #The Wealthy #Walter Mondale

[quotent-potables]

If you are sure you understand everything that is going on, you are hopelessly confused.

Walter Mondale

#quotes #walter mondale #life #understanding #confusion

[minnesotafollower]

Former U.S. Presidents’ Statements at Walter Mondale Memorial Service

Former U.S. Presidents’ Statements at Walter Mondale Memorial Service

At the May 1, 2022, memorial service for Walter Mondale, former U.S. Presidents Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama submitted letters of tribute for Mr. Mondale that were read. Here are excerpts from those letters (substituting Carter’s April 19, 2021, letter on Mondale’s passing due to this blogger’s inability to find the complete one for the memorial service).[1] President Jimmy…

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#Eleanor Mondale #Hillary Clinton #Indonesia #Japan #Joan Mondale #U.S. President Barack Obama #U.S. President Bill Clinton #U.S. President Jimmy Carter #U.S. President Joe Biden #Walter Mondale

[romancanine]

somewhere outside a bar, 2015 (?)

#TOMSHIV IF I AM NOT GRANTED YOUR ARCANE LORE I SHALL MAKE IT MYSELF! #i imagine tom was super awkward and midwestern when he was trying to pick her up and shiv was unfortunately in the exact right headspace #to find him endearing #anyway. im aching. i ache physically #succession #my post #tom wambsgans #succession hbo #shiv roy #sarah snook #tomshiv #matthew mcfayden #also tom is talking about how his great uncle went to high school with walter f mondale #trying to earn clout i guess #also i made his hand too fucking small i’m gonna kill myself #my art

[deadpresidents]

If Ford had won in 1976 do you think that Mondale could have been the 1980 nominee? And who do you think might have been his running mate?

In that scenario, I think Mondale probably would have been one of the leading candidates but I'm pretty sure Ted Kennedy would have been the clear favorite for the 1980 Democratic nomination. If Carter had lost in 1976, Kennedy would have probably coasted to the nomination without having to challenge an incumbent President in the primaries.

If it was Mondale who was the nominee in that situation, he probably would have had to decide between two strategies when choosing a running mate. He could have picked another young, rising Democrat to put together an exciting ticket of fresh faces -- kind of like what happened in 1992 with the Clinton/Gore ticket with nominees in their mid-40s -- maybe someone like Jerry Brown, who was 42 in 1980 and in his second term as Governor of California, or even a 38-year-old Senator that you may have heard of: Joe Biden. Most likely, he would have gone the traditional route and chosen someone who would give the ticket regional and ideological balance, like a moderate or conservative Democrat from the South or Northwest, like former North Carolina Governor Terry Sanford or Washington's Senator Henry "Scoop" Jackson.

#What if? #History #Politics #Presidential Politics #Presidential Elections #Presidential Campaigns #1980 Election #Walter Mondale #Ted Kennedy #Jerry Brown #Joe Biden #Terry Sanford #Scoop Jackson