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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 05:17 PM Original message |
In their infinite wisdom the Superdelegates chose Walter Mondale in 1984 over Gary Hart |
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book_worm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 05:26 PM Response to Original message |
1. Mondale was a good man and an outstanding liberal and really didn't need |
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PurityOfEssence (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
2. That one still sticks in my craw |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
3. just out of curiosity (I was too young) why did Mondale pick Ferraro as his running mate? |
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book_worm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 05:32 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Hart didn't want it. Jackson would have been too much of a risk |
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Jersey Devil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
4. Hart may have won more primaries & caucuses but Mondale had more delegates |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
5. The superdelegates is a bad idea, IMO. |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
7. Gary Hart torpedoed his chances on the Monkey Business. |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 05:43 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. True, but that was in the 1988 cycle |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-24-08 06:03 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. You're right . . . it's all becoming a blur. :) |
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