Walter Who?

I was surfing the web and came across this headline: Former VP Walter Mondale Speaks in Duluth

Man, talk about a slow news day.

Who knew Walter Mondale was still around? Turns out he's as vigorous as ever and speaking in the metropolis of Duluth.

At the speech, Mondale said: "We told the truth we obeyed the law and we kept the peace. Maybe no more than what you'd expect but we can say that of ourselves and I'm proud of that. I hope the next administration will try and do the same."

Not bad. Thumping his chest at being the Vice President of Malaise under Jimmy Carter, and at the same time taking a shot at Bush. I'm sure the American hostages in Iran were delighted that Mondale had such a laid back time in the White House.

Those Were The Days
The irrelevant Mondale has some fans, though. The crackerjack news outlet Northland News covered the speech. A reporter on their website writes, "Weber Music Hall was filled with students and faculty to listen to what this influential political leader had to say."

Hmm. Influential. I'm not so sure about that. I remember Mondale from when I was a kid. I'd tune in to watch Commander Tom out of Buffalo. Mondale was running for President against Reagan. Just when I'd get into the storyline of a sock puppet trying to say the alphabet, they'd cut to commercial and there would be Mondale making a campaign pitch. The sock puppet made more sense. I also learned that his running mate, Geraldine Ferraro, had nothing to do with cool Italian cars. Bummer.

I wonder how many students and faculty "filled" Duluth's Weber Music Hall. Perhaps 13, the same number of electoral votes that the influential Mondale received in 1984 before he disappeared into obscurity.

He rose again, bless him. But in Duluth?