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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWalter Mondale's final letter to his staff written this weekend saying goodbye.

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Walter Mondale's final letter to his staff written this weekend saying goodbye. (Original Post)
Drunken Irishman
Apr 2021
OP
One of my several Dem heartbreaks for our having missed out on him in the big office.
UTUSN
Apr 2021
#9
madaboutharry
(42,031 posts)1. So much grace.
RIP, Sir.
MerryHolidays
(7,715 posts)2. Thank you, Sir, for all you did for our country! nt
OAITW r.2.0
(31,731 posts)3. Would have been better.
Nothing else to say. Thanks Walt!
Pinback
(13,542 posts)4. Class guy.
malaise
(294,154 posts)17. Classy to the end
MustLoveBeagles
(15,158 posts)5. RIP
Duppers
(28,469 posts)6. More tears here.
That's so touching.
renate
(13,776 posts)7. It really, really is
Inspiring to the last. What a wonderful, decent, good man.
Blue Owl
(58,589 posts)8. K&R
A man of integrity and honor...
UTUSN
(77,302 posts)9. One of my several Dem heartbreaks for our having missed out on him in the big office.
C Moon
(13,540 posts)10. I'm so glad he got to see our country save itself from Trump and his right wing nazis.
Rhiannon12866
(252,158 posts)11. Excellent observation.
LetMyPeopleVote
(176,683 posts)12. Vice President Mondale was a kind and decent man
NNadir
(37,528 posts)13. Purely magnificent.
Martin Eden
(15,442 posts)14. Something is in my eyes
LNM
(1,242 posts)15. Fritz enjoying his beloved St. Croix River
Thank you for the National Wild and Scenic River Act, Fritz.
nattyice
(341 posts)16. Melania would've outsourced this
struggle4progress
(125,677 posts)18. .
BobTheSubgenius
(12,181 posts)19. "One hand on the starboard rail, he's waving back at me."
This picture made those words ring in my head as soon as I laid eyes on it.
The Captain and the Kid, Jimmy Buffett
PJMcK
(24,896 posts)20. I, of course, voted for him
But I knew he'd lose. Sigh.
And yet, what a gentleman at the end of his life!
Can you name any Republican who would leave a note with such humility, grace and thoughtfulness?
I didn't thin so.
FakeNoose
(40,713 posts)21. Great photo
Thanks for posting. It's a nice memorial to a guy who didn't quite have the same luck as Joe Biden. But he was a hero and a leader when we really needed one.
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)22. ❤️ ✿❧🌿❧✿ ❤️
