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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
(40,209 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
(24,455 posts)3. Would have been better.
Nothing else to say. Thanks Walt!
Pinback
(12,154 posts)4. Class guy.
malaise
(268,952 posts)17. Classy to the end
MustLoveBeagles
(11,594 posts)5. RIP
Duppers
(28,120 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
(50,355 posts)8. K&R
A man of integrity and honor...
UTUSN
(70,684 posts)9. One of my several Dem heartbreaks for our having missed out on him in the big office.
C Moon
(12,212 posts)10. I'm so glad he got to see our country save itself from Trump and his right wing nazis.
Rhiannon12866
(205,237 posts)11. Excellent observation.
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,152 posts)12. Vice President Mondale was a kind and decent man
NNadir
(33,515 posts)13. Purely magnificent.
Martin Eden
(12,864 posts)14. Something is in my eyes
LNM
(1,078 posts)15. Fritz enjoying his beloved St. Croix River
Thank you for the National Wild and Scenic River Act, Fritz.
nattyice
(331 posts)16. Melania would've outsourced this
struggle4progress
(118,281 posts)18. .
BobTheSubgenius
(11,563 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
(22,034 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
(32,634 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. ❤️ ✿❧🌿❧✿ ❤️