After losing in re-election on Carter-Mondale
ticket in 1984, Mondale next ran for his party's nomination
and chose a woman on the ticket as his nominated VP.
Cheney accepted the VP slot after helping George W.
Bush narrow his VP selections down to one potential
successor : himself.
Who served as an Ambassador to Japan? Mondale did.
Whose spouse outlived him? Lynne Cheney did.
Who was from the Midwest? Mondale hailed from MN
Who was from the West? Cheney born in Lincoln, NB but called
WYOMING home and served as Congress Repr.-at-large.
Mondale enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1951; Cheney got
a draft-deferment having a wife and 2 daughters to support
out of college / grad. school.
The Mondales had a daughter who died, Eleanor, in 2011.
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