“I told somebody afterwards that I think I would have voted for Reagan if I weren’t running, because he is a nice guy. He never was mean to me. I was never mean to him, and look at that campaign. It was a pleasant year, I think, for Americans. I think we ended up a united country, and so I could see…”— Walter Mondale, emkinstitute.orgTagged: Ronald Reagan, 1984 Presidential Election
“We were down 10-15 points, and another white male wasn’t interesting the public an awful lot. So there was this very strong movement in America and in the Democratic Party, saying that the time had come to include women on the ticket. A bold idea—I hope some day that it will succeed. So we started e…”— Walter Mondale, emkinstitute.orgTagged: 1984 Presidential Election, Women in Politics, Democratic Party
“I couldn’t justify Chappaquiddick. I mean it was a humiliation, a horrible embarrassment, and as I told somebody—it’s in these papers here—I said he took us with him over that bridge because he was sort of our star. I think if that hadn’t happened, he might have been in the White House himself.”— Walter Mondale, emkinstitute.orgTagged: Ted Kennedy, Chappaquiddick, White House, Humiliation
“He was a young, good-looking guy, big guy, a huge personality, what somebody would call a ‘room bender.’ He would come into a room and everybody knew he was there. Lots of energy, part of the Kennedy mystique, and was an all-out progressive, itchy and anxious to change and reform and get it done rig…”— Walter Mondale, emkinstitute.orgTagged: Ted Kennedy, Good-Looking, Progressive