Favorite wife/spouse of a Democratic vp or vp nominee in last 50 years....this is a really hard one [View all]
This may be one of the toughest polls I've ever seen posted on DU. I had no idea how strong the field was until I started thinking about how much I loved Jill Biden.
I'm really torn. While I love Jill Biden, I felt that Elizabeth Edwards was almost a personal friend. Joan Mondale is truly a gem and Eunice Kennedy Shriver is a force of nature and deserves all the respect she can be given. Muriel Humphrey was a kickass senator for one year after Hubert's death, then remarried and apparently had a really fun 17 year marriage with a friend doing things she wanted to do. My kind of person.
Because I'm old enough to remember her service, and because she showed such a wonderfully human, real side, I'm voting for Muriel Humphrey. What about you guys?
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| Jill Biden(2008/2012)-an educator, an inspiration and potentially a kickass first lady | |
12 (60%) |
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| Elizabeth Edwards (2004)-a fellow DUer. A lady of infinite class. | |
3 (15%) |
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| Hadassah Lieberman (2000)-born in a refugee camp, her parents did time in Hitler's prison camps | |
0 (0%) |
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| Tipper Gore (1992/1996) her work to protect children has sometimes displeased Democrats who oppose limitations on free speech. She's one classy lady regardless. | |
1 (5%) |
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| Beryl Ann Bentson (1988) I know only that they were married 63 years before his death in 2006. I don't remember her from the 1988 campaign at all | |
0 (0%) |
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| John Zaccaro (1984) real-estate developer whose "business associates" caused Walter Mondale much grief in 1984. (I do not expect John Zaccaro to win this poll) | |
0 (0%) |
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| Joan Mondale (1976/1980) Known as "Joan of Art" because of her support of the arts | |
1 (5%) |
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| Eunice Kennedy Shriver (1972) a giant best known for the "Special Olympics" | |
3 (15%) |
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| Jane Muskie (1968) When the NH Manchester Union Guardian attacked her in 1972, her husband defended her emotionally. The MSM said he cried. | |
0 (0%) |
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| Muriel Humphrey (1964) First wife of a vice president to serve in congress (served in senate in 1978 after her husband died). Fierce advocate of womens rights and abortion | |
0 (0%) |
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