Harry Reid: The New Walter Mondale

By: Bill S (Diary)  |  August 2nd at 09:21 PM  | 

Back in the good old days, referring to a liberal as “tax and spend” was considered an insulting accusation – one that Democrats avoided, deflected and denied. All except poor Walter Mondale. Back in 1984, for some reason, Mondale thought that telling Americans that he was going to raise taxes would somehow be considered a good thing to do.   Of course we know the | Read More »

The Incongruous Moment

By: Erick Erickson (Diary)  |  October 5th at 10:25 AM  | 

We have reached the incongruous moment — that moment in time where things not in keeping with the surrounds and intended visuals suddenly merge into making perfect sense. Walter Mondale is giving advice to Barack Obama on how to connect with the American people. It was Mondale who, yesterday, told Barack Obama to ditch the teleprompter. This was preceded by Michael Dukakis admitting he had | Read More »