when jimmy carter and walter mondale ran for president and vice president, repectively, in 1976 and 1980, i was too young to vote for them. (my years were still being measured in single digits.) i'd always hoped that i could've gotten that opportunity. same story when mondale, with geraldine ferraro as a running mate, made the run for president in '84.
now in a new century, under unexpected and tragic circumstances, i've got the opportunity to vote for walter frederic "fritz" mondale. you can be damn sure that i'm going to take this opportunity and make the most of it.
this particular vote seems even more important in light of governor jesse ventura's move to put campaign chairman into the senate to finish the late paul wellstone's term. today was not a cool day to have a professional wrestler for a governor.
