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In reply to the discussion: Some of here sometimes feel Unwelcome. Even many of us who were here back..Way Back [View all]KoKo
(84,711 posts)When he was chosen I wondered where the Dem Party was going. He was like what the Republicans pick...these days..(although never as bad as those borderline Fascists...)yet..he just wasn't experienced enough or able to put through a message that fired up the Dem Party.
Mondale was better connected and had a good Dem kind of vibe...but it was not to be with Reagan. The Party later picked Dukakis against Poppy Bush...and it didn't turn out well. Dem "Image Makers" had more to work with if Mondale had been the pick...and he probably was the better pick...but, didn't get the baking. We Dems were still searching for the "UnderDog" we could pick for the "Comman Man/Woman." That might have been Dukakis they were Spinning at the time.
I don't remember many books written about that Fiasco Election... Maybe other DU'ers do remember some wonderful, inspiring Book that made sense of that time. It's sort of "forgotten Dem Political History."