If Fritz Mondale Wants A Real Running Mate, Our Suggestion, From What We Saw On TV Recently, Would Be Larry Bird Or Cedric Maxwell Of The Boston Celtics.

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• Sen. Lloyd Bentsen is getting lots of ink as a possible running mate for Fritz Mondale.
  He's come a long way. We remember when he was just an aide to a governor on a TV show....
• Maybe Fritz Mondale could choose Jimmy Carter as a running mate.
  Or has he given up the idea of revenge?...
• Maybe Fritz Mondale, under increasing pressure to pick a woman running mate, could satisfy everyone by naming Lee Hart.
• From what we could tell, the delegates kissed Fritz Mondale and hoped he'd change into a decent frog disguise.
• Tip O'Neill says Fritz Mondale's running mate will be either Gary Hart or a woman.
  That narrows it down to just over half the population....
• If we were running for president we'd feel a lot safer, frankly, if our running mate were Mr. T.
• The presidential campaign has been draining. In fact, it will come as no surprise to learn that Fritz Mondale is looking for a walking mate.
• Gerry Ferraro is proving a more exciting campaigner than Fritz Mondale.
  To have avoided that, Mr. Mondale would have had to run with, uh, Mr. Mondale....
• Test-tube triplets were born in Texas recently--probably the only state where |z Mondale is under pressure to select a Southerner or a woman as a running mate.
  Why not both in one? How about the queen of the New Orleans' World's Fair?...