Still..sometimes your children do things that are not the fault of the parent, especially in this messed up culture. She should have resisted the compulsion to help him at all costs...but that would be a difficult temptation for a mother.
I still think she has a good heart and is redeemable.
"At the outset the "Ferraro factor" brought glamour and energy to Mondale's rather staged, lacklustre image and plodding campaign. Shortly after the convention, however, controversy erupted about her personal finances. Her reputation was damaged by revelations of tax avoidance, shady business dealings, and possible Mafia connections of her husband, John Zaccaro. There were also allegations that Ferraro herself had been involved in financial impropriety in respect of her 1978 campaign funds. The ensuing scandal doomed the Mondale — Ferraro ticket."
It's one of those 'locally known' things that seldom get out to the wider populace.