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davidnc76 (365 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 08:11 PM Original message |
Mondale: The lessons of '84 |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. He had no chance in '84. Plus, he was saddled with Ferraro. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 04:54 AM Response to Reply #1 |
6. I understood the push for a women on the ticket, but why DID so many women Dems want Ferraro? |
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nevergiveup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
2. In 1984 Ronald Reagan |
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davidnc76 (365 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 08:47 PM Response to Original message |
3. In 1984 |
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depakid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-18-08 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
4. Mondale was a LOSER from the outset and should never have gooten the nomination |
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Kire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 01:15 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. He seems to have come to terms with it... |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 05:03 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. His nomination seemed, in fact, to be as much about keeping the regulars in control of the party |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 11:25 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. That's quite true: I was involved in both those movements |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 02:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. That's long been my conviction as well. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 05:00 AM Response to Original message |
7. One of the biggest problems was that Mondale had been Carter's VP |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
10. I remember being enraged at Mondale. All my info came from one |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 12:52 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Yeah, he ran to lose. |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 02:35 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. And I distinctly remember that in 1984, "Harpers's" actually ran a story entitled |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-19-08 02:33 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. And no wonder he couldn't hold Wellstone's seat in 2002. |
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