Does anyone remember Ferraro and Mondale?

[cally]

Remember they never touched in public until after they lost the election. It was a big deal when they finally hugged. :eyes:

I was just watching Kerry on CSPAN. He hugs everyone and is very physically affectionate. He hugs many female politicians and male politicians. All of our candidates do and did. So why did American society change?

I think this belongs in the GD. sorry mods.

[WaywardSon]

1. Does anyone remember Ferraro and Mondale?

Yes, they lost! If your going to raise taxes, don't telegraph it. Duh. Just do it after your in "office".

[Snow]

2. No, no - Mondale is a Minnesotan -

and a scandinavian besides. That explains it all. You can't hug if you're from there because all the layers of clothing make your arms too stiff - they kinda stick out to your sides. Also the potential huggee is too big around from all the layers of clothes that you couldn't hug them anyway unless you're Dennis Rodman.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

7. Minnesota Scandinavians of that generation

don't hug anyone except immediate family members. I'm serious.

I grew up among Scandinavians here, and when I went to the East Coast and found myself among all the emotional and demonstrative Italians, Jews, Irish, Puerto Ricans, African-Americans, and Greeks, I just about went into culture shock.

Then after nine years on the East Coast, I moved back to Minnesota for three years, and my relatives kept telling me, "Don't be so EMOTIONAL!"

[preciousdove]

10. Did you hear about the Norwegian who loved his wife so much...

he almost told her?

Mondale of the Mundahl farm in the parish of Leikanger in Sogne Fjord Norway.

[Piperay]

11. Hehe, yeah that is pretty typical...

my father is Norwegian and he always says "we're emotional but we keep it inside and never show it". :shrug:

[mdmc]

3. I don't remember this distance between them

It sounds silly, but it was a different time back then. Back then, the White House was above sex scandals, lol.

[Gingergal]

4. Because she was the first woman on the ticket, they

were very careful not to touch. Since we are used to women in politics today after Geraldine Ferraro broke the barrier, politicians are not so careful.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

5. That was the first presidential election I could vote in

and I voted for Fritz and Gerry.

[mdmc]

6. I thought that there was an affair between them

based on my assumptions while reading the thread. :~)

[cally]

8. I think I missed your joke

at that time everyone assumed that a man and woman couldn't be colleagues and affectionate without it implying an affair. They were not having an affair. I'm just glad that women and men, men and men, women and women, can be affectionate because they like each other.

I do think that someone like Kerry, *, Gore had to learn to be affectionate. It was not a typical behavior when they were younger. It is normal now but not 25 years ago.

[mdmc]

12. no joke. I was trying to figure out the premise of your thread

At first, I theorized that there might have been a LBN thread about an affair.

Then as I read further, the theme of affection and social norms became apparent.

[Robin Hood]

9. I remember.

Too bad that they lost.