[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."

[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.