"Biography" - Mondale, Walter Frederick - [Democratic], 1984
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Identifier: P-420-32876
"SUMMARY: Long spot featuring candidate in still photos, with voters, in talking heads and in rally shots. SUBJECTS: taxes; trade; economy CREATOR: not listed LENGTH (extent): 04:30:00 GENDER (legacy): Male"
Dates
- Broadcast: 1984
Extent
From the Series: 14,137 Items (14,137 items (This series includes United States Office of President Campaign Ads from 1912-2016): Each item within this collection falls under the following categories: 16mm film reels, VHS videotape, 3/4" U-Matic videotape, 1" and 2" tap, Beta SP, Betamax, Mini DV, DVD, and born-digital video formats.)
Transcription
TRANSCRIPTION: I'm sort of a farm kid. I worked in the farm. I love the outdoors. I love to fish and I get a lot of strength out of it. I think ours is the only nation that officially declared the pursuit of happiness as they put it a national goal. In the United States. Life isn't supposed to be just endured but can be enjoyed. We should rejoice in our freedom in our family life and everything dirty. That was in and you're fired. My dad was a minister and we always grew up in small towns where we knew everybody always had friends. Always active always felt that others cared about you. It was it was a true community. A lifetime of leadership Attorney General of Minnesota US senator vice president Walter Mondale's presidency. We'll start from strength. And at the core. Of my very being and at the center of my campaign. And at the center of my Administration is President is going to be a philosophy entirely different from the one that's causing you to suffer today. I don't believe America was meant to be a jungle where we had survival of the fittest or survival of the richest. I think America was intended to be a civilization. That's why we say we the people was intended to be like a family where we worried and cared about each other where the bonds of humanity. Defined our great country. He's taking this plan for the future into neighborhoods Across America. I think America should be for everybody right? Not just for people that a lot of money. There's got the Mondeo plan a fair America was a lot of tax relief
Repository Details
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