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Offline Ripsnort

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When a democrat must eat his words...
« on: October 31, 2002, 02:58:06 PM »
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Former U.S. vice president Walter Mondale, embarking on a last-minute U.S. Senate campaign, expressed regret Thursday for a 1984 comment about then-president Ronald Reagan's age.

Mondale, after serving in the U.S. Senate and as Jimmy Carter's vice president from 1977-81, was the Democratic presidential nominee in 1984 to challenge the re-election of Republican Ronald Reagan. During the campaign, he had once made a comment about the relative age of the then 73-year-old president.

On Wednesday, Mondale was officially named to represent the Democratic Party on the ballot in Tuesday's election for U.S. senator in the north-central state of Minnesota. He replaces U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone, who was killed in an October 24 place crash.

In his first press conference on Thursday, Mondale, now 74, was immediately asked about his age relative to Reagan's age in 1984.

He immediately said that he was ``sorry'' for having raised the issue in 1984 and pointed out that he had apologized to Reagan's family the day after the comment.


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« Reply #1 on: October 31, 2002, 03:01:10 PM »
Whooooo eeeeeeee!


Thanks Rip!

That was almost an important issue!


well, maybe not

Offline Ripsnort

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« Reply #2 on: October 31, 2002, 03:03:01 PM »
You guys afraid of your reflection? ;)  Well, it IS Halloween! ;)

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« Reply #3 on: October 31, 2002, 03:03:42 PM »
okay, I know who Walter Mondale is (which scares me.)

I also know what a tard bag he is.  

Im sorry America.


And yes it is an important issue.

Offline Ripsnort

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« Reply #4 on: October 31, 2002, 03:13:43 PM »
DNC wouldn't field Alan Page, because the DNC is racist. (They didn't want to put a black man in a predominently white district)

Also, Mondale won't debate the Repub candidate, maybe Midnight will tell you why :D

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« Reply #5 on: October 31, 2002, 03:15:55 PM »
Because he has the race locked up and there is no reason to do so... duh.

Offline Udie

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« Reply #6 on: October 31, 2002, 04:05:13 PM »
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Originally posted by Ripsnort
DNC wouldn't field Alan Page, because the DNC is racist. (They didn't want to put a black man in a predominently white district)

Also, Mondale won't debate the Repub candidate, maybe Midnight will tell you why :D




 they won't give the guy running for gov of NY any money either,  I've heard...


 Anybody seen the clip of mondale from like 4 months ago when he said (rough quote)"I thought about running for the senate but they need some new faces in there"  VERY ROUGH quote but you get the point....