RIP Walter Mondale

[HanSenSE]

Former senator and vice president, but he'll also be remembered for being bitchslapped by Reagan in 1984.

Walter Mondale, Carter's vice president, dies at 93

 

[MileHigh]

I was a kid at the time and remember that night vividly. I was amused that the race was over as California, where we lived, and other Western states were still open to cast ballots. I was too young for 1972, but 1984, yeah, was a complete beat down.

 

[Splendid Splinter]

He handled his defeat to Reagan pretty well.

 

[User 150927]

That night was my 21st birthday. Holy hell did I get destroyed. I worked on Mondale's campaign on my campus.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Add him to the list of people I thought died last century.

 

[MileHigh]

The last year for Republicans still blue on NBC:



But red on CBS:



And Dan Rather not uttering the phrase like he did in the disastrous 2000 Election Night coverage: "Don't shoot the piano player, he's doing the best he can."

 

[MileHigh]

He handled his defeat to Reagan pretty well.

How else was he going to handle it? It was 525-13. That's Georgia Tech-Cumberland, not Bush v. Gore.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

 

[maumann]

RIP, Mr. Mondale.

Was involved in the hearings after the Apollo 1 fire, and very outspoken during public hearings about NASA's "moon fever" and lack of transparency over safety concerns leading up to the incident. I don't know if he ever actually was quoted as saying he was anti-space program, but that was the general consenus at the Cape at the time.

 

[HanSenSE]

I was a kid at the time and remember that night vividly. I was amused that the race was over as California, where we lived, and other Western states were still open to cast ballots. I was too young for 1972, but 1984, yeah, was a complete beat down.

I was 24 and just a few months into my first job in the business. After Reagan clinched, I spent the rest of the night watching Super Bowl highlights on ESPN, flipping over to CBS at the top of each hour just to see what Rather would say.

 

[maumann]

They may not be the best President and Vice-President, but they have to have "oldest" sewn up.

Carter is 96 and still ticking, Mondale made it to 93. That's an impressive 189 years.

 

[Splendid Splinter]

Not to go off topic, but who do you guys believe was the best VP to never been POTUS?

 

[MileHigh]

I was 24 and just a few months into my first job in the business. After Reagan clinched, I spent the rest of the night watching Super Bowl highlights on ESPN, flipping over to CBS at the top of each hour just to see what Rather would say.

Rather was tame in 1984. I mean, what else could he say. Rewatching the 2000 debacle is a showcase in what not to do -- and Point 1A of why he never did another presidential race after that on the Tiffany.

 

[MileHigh]

They may not be the best President and Vice-President, but they have to have "oldest" sewn up.

Carter is 96 and still ticking, Mondale made it to 93. That's an impressive 189 years.

Carter already at the top of presidents so without doing a deep dive, I would say that record you noted is safe.

 

[maumann]

Carter already at the top of presidents so without doing a deep dive, I would say that record you noted is safe.

Reagan-Bush were 93 and 94, so they get the silver medal, from what I can determine.

EDIT: Adams-Jefferson were 90 and 83, and not only died on the same day, they died on a July 4. That takes some serious planning.

 

[BTExpress]

Adams-Jefferson should get special consideration for living that long . . . that long ago.

 

[Spartan Squad]

Not to go off topic, but who do you guys believe was the best VP to never been POTUS?

Damn you. I have enough I need to work on without going on a deep dive of VPs. But that is what is about to happen.

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

It's hard to say because, before Spiro Agnew, you really had to strain to think who the VP was. Agnew was in your face constantly for better or worse (mostly for worse), it seems to me. Most VPs just blended into the woodwork until something happens like Oswald.

Gore seemed pretty competent. Quayle was a clown just like his fellow Hoosier Pence. This won't be popular, but Cheney was very effective behind the scenes.

 

[Neutral Corner]

 

[mateen]

I believe it's generally accepted that Carter-Mondale really broke new ground and set a model for actually giving the VP stuff to do besides attend funerals.