re: #7 O say, does that Star Spangled Banner yet wave..

May I be as aware and as elegant at my end as he was at his. Rest in Peace, Mr. Mondale. I knew you not, but I honor you.

Mr. Mondale was my second chance voting for President (my first being Jimmy Carter for reëlection). While Ronald Reagan was not the worst president (that’s either Trump or Buchanan, and I haven’t made up my mind about that), I knew where the GOP was going before I was an adult.