Gary Hart Ads 1984

[Jack Bone]

If we only would've made Hart our nominee, I believe he would've beaten Reagan in the GE.

Instead the "B Movie" actor, Reagan was re-elected and became the patron saint of trickle-down economics.

[surrealAmerican]

1. Even if we had lost anyway ...

... it would have been better for the party in the long run had Hart been the nominee.

This was the first presidential election I voted in. Too many of my peers wound up tuning out for decades to come.

[Jack Bone]

5. it was the 1st election that I campaigned in...

I couldn't vote until '86.

[braddy]

2. It depends on how much weight the Mohammed Ali endorsement carried in 1984.

[TrollBuster9090]

3. I remember one of the Democratic primary debates when Walter Mondale said...

"You keep talking about these 'new ideas,' but I keep thinking about that commercial....'where's the beef?'"

In reference to Clara Peller's Wendy's commercial....

[Jack Bone]

4. It's sad that we allowed that nonsense to do us such harm. nt

[TrollBuster9090]

6. Well, I don't think the "where's the beef" quip made any difference one way or the other.

Gary Hart not being able to keep his zipper shut for five minutes definitely did.

Still...the one good thing to come out of that election cycle was Mondale breaking the glass ceiling, and picking a female VP candidate.