Mondale's INGRATITUDE Towards Hubert Humphrey (Book Excerpt---MUST READ!!!)

HUBERT: The Triumph And Tragedy Of The Humphey I Knew (pp. 258-59) | 1979 | Edgar Berman, MD

[PJ-Comix]

…..In 1968, during the toughest campaign of his life, Senator Fred Harris (HHH’s campaign cochairman), a man whom he loved and considered espousing for the vice presidency, went on a disgruntled slowdown after the convention when he was denied that nomination. Humphrey was saddened, but harbored no hard feelings. But Harris soon returned and was ready for any assignment from Larry O’Brien, the newly appointed campaign manager.

It was not so with Fritz Mondale, his political pride and joy, a disciple of twenty years (now vice president), whom Humphrey had created and nursed along politically from start to finish. Prior to the 1968 convention, as cochairman of the Humphrey forces, Mondale had some problems getting along with other leaders in the organization. He was constantly at odds with Humphrey’s top aides (not that some of it wasn’t necessary), demanding that Max Kampleman, Humphrey’s friend, be kept out of the campaign (for good reasons), and hiring and firing too much from the hip. I tried to tell Humphrey about this, but he couldn’t believe it until there was a long piece about Mondale’s divisiveness in Drew Pearson’s column. Humphrey finally had to have a talk with him. Mondale voluntarily stepped down from the leadership and took lesser duties without relinquishing the title. He worked hard at the convention, but right after, he was said to have made some remarks about “Humphrey losing his moral compass” and that he himself was through with the U.D.H. [United Democrats for Humphrey] organization and would only work in Minnesota (which he did). He came back to Washington, attended one or two of the thrice-weekly executive meetings of the United Democrats for Humphrey but wasn’t much in evidence until election night at the Leamington. It was bruited about that his excuse was Humphrey’s statement that “Daley was one of the best mayors in America and did what he had to do at the convention.” Others said it was his pique that Humphrey didn’t take his advice above all others and also because of his downgrading in the organization.

I was outraged by Mondale’s behavior. If Hubert was he didn’t show it. I couldn’t conceive of anyone who was so close to Hubert personally, as well as being beholden to him for his political life, doing this to him. I asked, “How can you let this man who you got started, had appointed as Minnesota attorney general, then gave him your senatorial seat, do this to you?” But Humphrey felt deeply about Fritz. This schism didn’t last long, and in 1976, no one pushed harder than Humphrey to make Mondale Carter’s vice president, and now I’m sure no one misses Hubert more than Fritz.

But Mondale was only one among many in that political upper crust who let him down…..

[PJ-Comix]

This schism didn’t last long, and in 1976, no one pushed harder than Humphrey to make Mondale Carter’s vice president, and now I’m sure no one misses Hubert more than Fritz.

Too bad Fritz couldn't have helped Humphrey when it counted when he was still alive. (Book written a couple of years after Humphrey's death).

This book was written by Hubert Humphrey's close friend and personal physician, Edgar Berman.

[PJ-Comix]

As you can see, I found that book that I mentioned yesterday. The only place where my memory failed me was that it was the during the 1968 election, not later, when Mondale cold-shouldered Humphrey.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Even tho Hubert was a Socialist through and through, he was nowhere near the heatless statis/elitist Mondale was.
Even 'Clean' Gene McCarthy of Minnesota had few good words for Fritz, suggesting. "Mondale has the soul of a vice president."

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Even tho Hubert was a Socialist through and through, he was nowhere near the heatless statis/elitist Mondale was.
Even 'Clean' Gene McCarthy of Minnesota had few good words for Fritz, suggesting. "Mondale has the soul of a vice president."

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Even tho Hubert was a Socialist through and through, he was nowhere near the heartless statis/elitist Mondale was.
Even 'Clean' Gene McCarthy of Minnesota had few good words for Fritz, suggesting. "Mondale has the soul of a vice president."

[Eric in the Ozarks]

3X
Sorry, PJ. My clicker's clunked out today.

[PJ-Comix]

No problem.

[Ditto]

Even tho Hubert was a Socialist through and through...

I wouldn't consider HHH a Socialist. IMHO, he was the last of the old-time populist liberals --- the kind of guy that LIEberman pretends to be.

HHH was a tough-ass Cold Warrior and as patriotic as they come. I disagreed with his economic beliefs, (which BTW were nearly identical to Nixon's) but he was not a radical leftist like Wellstone or a grubby divide & conquer race and class bating socialist like McCarthy or Mondale.

[PJ-Comix]

Notice the gratitude that Mondale did....NOT....show Humphrey.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I'll defer to your call on HHH. He was gone when we lived up north. I do recall reading he was a chamion of the RKBA and ran the Communists out of the old DFL.

[PJ-Comix]

FYI

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

What I really wanna know is, will Bill Clinton be campaigning for him? 'Specially if it means an opportunity to reintroduce himself into Mondale's daughter.

[Miss Marple]

This supports the information that I found in the Larry O'Brien interview at the LBJ library. The interviewer wondeed why mondale suddenly disappeared from the meetings. O'Brien hedged on the answer.

[PJ-Comix]

I hadn't thought about that angle.

[PJ-Comix]

This supports the information that I found in the Larry O'Brien interview at the LBJ library. The interviewer wondeed why mondale suddenly disappeared from the meetings. O'Brien hedged on the answer.

I guess he didn't want to accuse Fritz Mondale of rank ingratitude.

[Miss Marple]

My guess as well. He knew his comments were being recorded for posterity, so he hedged his bets.

I think Mondale is NOT a nice person, and I will bet if Coleman can bait him Mondale will show his true colors.

[Williams]

Another Mondalism. If anyone saw the HBO miniseries From Earth To Moon, Walter Mondale was the leading critic of the space program and tried to kill it in favor of aid programs to the poor. Mondale specifically tried to use hearings into the Apollo 1 fire tragedy to kill the program. Considering that Tom Hanks produced the miniseries it was not conservative propoganda. Where would we be technologically today without the space program?

[PJ-Comix]

Another Mondalism. If anyone saw the HBO miniseries From Earth To Moon, Walter Mondale was the leading critic of the space program and tried to kill it in favor of aid programs to the poor.

I wonder if I can obtain this video from the Library?

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

>> I hadn't thought about that angle.

He's the shagadelic president, Baby. Love to see Mondale, Bill and Hillary on the same platform. At least Fritz and the Hill-monster on the same committee.

If Mondale does this, he signifies that there are no depths to the humilation he is willing to endure in order to have one more moment of sunshine.

[Theodore R.]

It doesn't matter if Mondale is "mean" and not the "compassionate" sort that the Democrats claim to embrace, the people of MN would never accept as "fact" (if so) that ol' Fritz is "mean." People in MN can never get enough of socialists like Mondale. They are always in favor of expanding government. Their distant cousins in Norway, Denmark, and Sweden are the same way. Even if they vote conservative on occasion, two years later you always see them coming back to the nationl trough for sustenance at the first sign of Republican "hard times."