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RIP. I will admit that my first reaction was "Walter Mondale was still alive?". 93 years is a pretty good run!
by boulos 6y ago
RIP. I will admit that my first reaction was "Walter Mondale was still alive?". 93 years is a pretty good run!
- TylerE 6y agoHenry Kissinger is still alive (and giving terrible "advice" to conservative politicians).
- boulos 6y agoI think more amusingly for this audience is his involvement with Theranos via George Schultz (who died in February).
- 1cvmask 6y agoWhat do you mean by “conservative” politicians? The first President (after Nixon era) to resuscitate Kissinger was Bill Clinton: “Bill Clinton, embraced Kissinger, which began Kissinger’s apotheosis into his current incarnation as a bipartisan elder statesman, invoked by politicians who want to appear “serious.”” From: https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/henry-kissinger-hillary-clintons-tutor-in-war-and-peace/ https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/henry-kissinger-hi... —- Obama Era He was an advisor to Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State in the Obama administration and was instrumental in shaping policies like Honduras, Syria, Libya etc.. “The two former secretaries of state have been close for years, with Clinton calling him "a friend" and noting that she "relied on his counsel" when she was secretary of state from 2009 to 2013.” From: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/hillary-henry-clintons-relationship-kissinger/story?id=39195203 https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/hillary-henry-clintons-relat...
- baldfat 6y agoYou made a mistake and think the present party system was the same back than. Nixon actually presented a Health Care Plan Nixon's Words “Without adequate health care, no one can make full use of his or her talents and opportunities. It is thus just as important that economic, racial and social barriers not stand in the way of good health care as it is to eliminate those barriers to a good education and a good job.” https://www.nixonfoundation.org/2015/11/the-nixon-comprehensive-health-insurance-plan/ https://www.nixonfoundation.org/2015/11/the-nixon-comprehens...
- ansible 6y agoNixon was also quite racist. The War on Drugs targeted minority groups. There's a lot that could be written about all this.
- mc32 6y agoIf we go by that then so was good ol' Clinton and mr Biden.
- ansible 6y agoBiden is moving in the right direction though.
- mc32 6y agoBiden has two advantages, one he is not dead, two, he's in a position to show change. It's possible given the same circumstance, messrs. Clinton and Nixon would arrive at the same place.
- 1cvmask 6y agoSo what did he do to limit police brutality? Limit qualified immunity for rogue cops by signing into law an act of Congress? Eliminate civil forfeiture?
- 1cvmask 6y agoBy that logic and reasoning Joe Biden and his crime bill and Bill Clinton who signed it into law are much bigger and effective racists: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violent_Crime_Control_and_Law_Enforcement_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violent_Crime_Control_and_Law_... Nixon also did the government affirmative action for minorities under the Philadelphia Plan: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Philadelphia_Plan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revised_Philadelphia_Plan
- coolreader18 6y ago
- mc32 6y agoHK is still stuck in the mindset of the cold war. He has not extricated himself from that and pretty much lives off his olive branch to China initiative. Cohen was a better resource on Russia.
- mathattack 6y agoI remember thinking the same 25 years ago when he was ambassador to Japan. He had a good run after leaving the VP office.
- tosser0001 6y agoIt's funny to think that if Buddy Holly were alive today he'd be 8 years younger than Mondale. People who've lived a long time connect to a world that seems so distant it feels like an entirely different era of existence.
- mathattack 6y agoDon’t worry - you’ll get there too!
- ASalazarMX 6y agoHopefully!